Conly was the doctor - so must present scientifically based argument - who stated SARS was transmitted by rats.
That is a hypothesis found in ONE letter, ever.
That letter itself reminds the reader that SARS was not once found in a rat.
He has talked about "harms" of N95 masks, like acne (his argument, not mine), which are objectively false.
He is a member on the WHO committee for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 which committee has set the world back tremendously because of their disdain for air experts.
" Conversations about disasters have always been colored by fear and superstition. The word disaster, from the Latin dis (away) and astrum (stars), can be translated as "ill-starred." ...
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said that God was clearly “mad at America” for invading Iraq—and at black people for “not taking care of ourselves.” ...
...Inchoate as these plot lines may be, Nagin’s impulse—to inject meaning into chaos—was understandable. Narrative is the beginning of recovery. "
From @amandaripley 's Unthinkable. About disaster response.