Please be accurate: I did not defend a theory. I said that "I believe the primary hypothesis is."
The source you cite does not give evidence and from what I can tell is a front for pharma. This is what I found on it from a cursory search -
While VFV itself claims donation-based funding, its parent organization—The Task Force for Global Health—receives major funding from government agencies (including the CDC), foundations (such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), and pharmaceutical companies (including Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and GSK). The Task Force serves as VFV's fiscal agent, processing donations and managing payroll.
So, VFV presents itself as a grassroots, donor-funded project, but it sits within a larger organization that has significant institutional and corporate backing.
