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# Peter Daszak’s Smokescreen Attack on Dr Bhattacharya
- URL: https://goodoil.news/peter-daszaks-smokescreen-attack-on-dr-bhattacharya/
- Published: 2025-06-06T02:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-06T02:00:53.000Z
- Description: Science thrives on open debate, not censorship. The essence of bullies is cowardice.
- Author: Reproduced with permission
- Tags: USA Politics, COVID-19, Science

[**Randall Bock**](https://brownstone.org/articles/peter-daszaks-smokescreen-attack-on-dr-bhattacharya/?ref=goodoil.news)  
*Dr Randall Bock graduated from Yale University with a BS in chemistry and physics; University of Rochester, with an MD.*

[Peter Daszak](https://x.com/PeterDaszak/?ref=goodoil.news)’s recent X posts (June 2, 2025) labeling Dr Jay Bhattacharya, the new NIH Director, an[ “anti-science Luddite”](https://x.com/PeterDaszak/status/1929553171627516353?ref=goodoil.news) who is “destroying public health” are a masterclass in projection.

![](https://brownstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-11-800x691.png)

Daszak, former head of EcoHealth Alliance (facilitator and co-conspirator of that recent pandemic, what was it called? Oh yes, SARS CoV-2 Covid-19), accuses Bhattacharya of having a “vendetta against the NIH” and claims his policies will cost lives, while pointing fingers at organizations like [Brownstone Institute](https://brownstone.org/?ref=goodoil.news) for being part of a *right-wing conspiracy* (**how original**!) to dismantle science. Let’s cut through the noise.

Calling Bhattacharya anti-science is absurd. Erstwhile Stanford professor and co-author of the [Great Barrington Declaration,](https://gbdeclaration.org/?ref=goodoil.news) Bhattacharya has consistently championed evidence-based public health, advocating for open scientific debate over dogmatic policies. His focus on data-driven approaches – like considering natural immunity and the harms of lockdowns – earned him censorship under the previous administration. His leadership at the NIH promises transparency and rigor, both of which seem to terrify Daszak – operating without (his previous sponsor) Dr Fauci’s golden parachute of a Biden/autopen pardon.

Now, let’s talk about Daszak’s version of “science.” EcoHealth Alliance, under his watch, funneled US taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) for gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses – research that may have contributed to the unleashing of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan. 

As I detailed in my Brownstone articles, [Daszak’s collaboration with WIV’s “Bat Woman” Zhengli-Li Shi involved modifying coronaviruses to make them more infectious to humans](https://brownstone.org/articles/ecohealth-alliances-wuhan-virus-dalliances/?ref=goodoil.news), fitting the NIH’s own definition of gain-of-function despite his denials. That second article of mine only came about after EcoHealth Alliance’s bullying. When I had pointed out EcoHealth’s complicity in my original [Dr Anthony Fauci’s Own Gain-of-Function](https://brownstone.org/articles/dr-anthony-faucis-own-gain-of-function/?ref=goodoil.news), Daszak’s minions tried to bully Brownstone into retracting the reference. 

When that failed, he blocked me on X to dodge accountability.

![](https://brownstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-12-800x217.png)

How “*science-y*” is that? Blocking someone for raising legitimate questions about your role in a global pandemic isn’t the mark of a scientist – it’s the mark of someone with something to hide.

Daszak’s attacks on Bhattacharya are a distraction from his own failures. Why were US funds sent to a CCP-controlled lab with poor oversight instead of trusted allies? Why the lack of transparency? These questions remain unanswered, and his attempts to silence critics – like me – only deepen the suspicion around EcoHealth’s actions.

Science thrives on open debate, not censorship. Bhattacharya represents a return to that principle at the NIH, while Daszak’s behavior – blocking dissenters and evading tough questions – shows what anti-science really looks like. The public deserves better, and with Bhattacharya leading the NIH, we might finally get it.

NEVER FORGET: Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance tried to quash and have Brownstone retract my: [Dr Anthony Fauci’s Own “Gain-of-Function” – October 9, 2023](https://brownstone.org/articles/dr-anthony-faucis-own-gain-of-function/?ref=goodoil.news).

Instead, I researched further, doubled down, and produced this: [“EcoHealth Alliance’s Wuhan-Virus Dalliances” October 22, 2023](https://brownstone.org/articles/ecohealth-alliances-wuhan-virus-dalliances/?ref=goodoil.news).

After which, crickets…Peter Daszak blocked me on X.com. The essence of bullies is cowardice.

Please see also my [Fauci’s ‘DNA of Caring’ By Randall Bock, August 9, 2024, Brownstone.org](https://brownstone.org/articles/faucis-dna-of-caring/?ref=goodoil.news).

Republished from the author’s [Substack](https://randoctor.substack.com/p/peter-daszaks-smokescreen-attack) by the [Brownstone Institute](https://brownstone.org/articles/peter-daszaks-smokescreen-attack-on-dr-bhattacharya/?ref=goodoil.news).