Damage control, IMO, after the damaging emails between Fauci and NIH Director Collins from Oct 2021, were released under a FOIA request 2 days ago.
In the emails, Collins told Fauci that he wanted "a quick and devastating public take down" of the Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) authors. Fauci was more than willing to comply, and then, miraculously within the day, the "media" was instantly on the story to apply the "coup de grace".
In your article, my take is that the author starts off pretending to be neutral, and quickly goes in for the kill. It is a hit-piece, disguised as objective journalism.
Why on earth "attack" GBD? I find that declaration sensible, and so do many medical professionals I engage with. Of cause you are allowed to have a different opinion, and are free to express so. But the wordings here is alarming what's wrong with people, can't they just agree on writing an article that explains their view in stead of using language like "quick and devastating public take down". People are nuts, and this shit is only going to make it worse.