The big part about conspiracy theorist accusations, at least that I saw, were against the claims that morphed into an intentionally engineered or enhanced virus being purposely released. Unfortunately the push against that drowned out the much more plausible concerns of a safety or equipment violation that resulted in a staffer becoming infected at work and then spreading it either unintentionally or by way of refusing to admit their exposure.<br><br>Edit: in social media, I'm speaking aside from the infamous letter. A lot of discussion (at least in the circles I was in) were very critical of his outright dismissiveness. His letter triggered a monster that turned into bioweapons and not safety failure, and the rest is history.