You nailed it in one, Foxy. People who know the truth are being intimidated into silence by fear of losing their jobs. Better to just shut up and say nothing rather than swim against the tide of the academic thought bubble.

Of course, history has shown that some scientists were willing to do just that. James Van Allen was ostracised by the entire scientific community when he theorised that the Earth was surrounded by belts of radiation. The abuse and personal attacks became so severe that he refused to even discuss the mater, even with his friends. To any enquiry he would simply say "We'll see". And he was right.

The idea that scientists are impartial protectors of humanity, and not just people obsessed with public funded research grants, took a real hit lately. The USA's own head of the Health Department, Dr Fauci, tried to hide the fact that it was his public research funds which paid for the research on the Chinese virus now killing millions around the world.

Everything that happened to Ridd was reflected in the Chinese virus cover up. The leading scientist lied, and he was supported by his scientific mates, who are as addicted to public research grants as meth heads to their methamphetamine. One respected virologist from a leading Californian university wrote Fauci an email saying that the Chinese virus looked engineered. But he subsequently retracted his letter. One suspects that he, like Ridd, was pressured by his peers to shut up. The boss of the US Centre for Disease Control was sent death threats about his conviction that the virus was engineered. Not from nutters, but from fellow virologists.

Because this virus has the potential to do to virus research what Chernobyl did for nuclear research. And what Ridd did, was threatening to caste an unwelcome light upon the validity of climate research.

Foxy thinks that just sticking up for what her peer group of academics say displays her intelligence and moral fibre. Actually, it is those with the courage to speak the truth who are the real academics and scientists.

Diver Dan,

And the diver swims in an ocean of raspberries.

It is very easy to believe Professor Peter Ridd instead of the Lefty academics who have saturated the Universities - as have Lefties saturated the ABC & the main stream media - and are best not believed especially as they are also in the thrall of the hoax that is climate change

Shadow Minister

Perhaps you can post a quote of Ridd's which clearly demonstrates his understanding and acceptance of the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Until then, I'll treat your claim of 'porkie' with the contempt it deserves.

Kindly advise me if someone responds to my comment above

So now we know Foxy. Both the CSIRO, & some of our university researchers have been working with the now infamous WHUAN lab on the very stuff, "gain-of-function" research on bat virus, that has caused the pandemic.

They have been hiding this fact for over a year & a half.

How surprising they have been hiding this, & downplaying the probability of the virus being a lab escapee.

Do you now still believe everything these so called scientists tell you, or don't tell you, & us, about their games, & the reasons for playing them. If so you are even more naive than your recent posts have led many of us to believe.

Blind faith in academics will destroy us all.