Since you've made me aware of this guy Daszak, I see him everywhere. He's constantly in the news, on TV, on podcasts. Shit, I saw him on Netflix just yesterday. Why is he spending all his time selling his theories?

And your points are valid. These experts speak as if people just started interacting with wild animals in the past couple of decades, which is absurd. If anything, we're interacting less with wildlife, not more.

He's a salesman with eye-popping conflicts of interest - appeasing China - supported by all major media platforms.

'Absurd' is the word. It's flat-out Covid Misinformation - designed to get more money.