STAT+: Biotech leader, leading lab leak theorist no longer in consideration for top infectious disease role

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Steven Quay, a biopharmaceutical executive and prominent lab-leak theorist, is no longer being considered to lead the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The article notes that he lacks a background in infectious diseases.

Steven Quay, a biopharmaceutical executive with no background in infectious diseases, is no longer being considered for director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.