I'd have expected an article like this to include discussion of Naomi Klein's "Merchants of Doubt" which describes how 'respected scientists' have prostituted themselves to the fossil fuel sector (denying fossil-fueled global warming), to the tobacco sector (denying links between smoking and cancer), to the agrichemical industry (denying the link between pesticide use and bee/insect declines), and so on. It's a very long list and a very sobering read.
Another good one is "University Inc. The Corporate Corruption of HIgher Education (Jennifer Washburn)", discussing how Bayh-Dole and exclusive licensing, along with the infiltration of corporate managers into research universities has fundamentally altered norms in academic research, to the detriment of scientific integrity.
This kind of thing has happened in other countries, most notably in the Soviet Union under Stalin when Lysenko came to power. Fauci actually has some similarities to Lysenko, i.e. being primarily political creatures seeking to retain control of their institutions by whatever means available.
Scientists don't just prostitute themselves to big businesses. Often they do it for small amounts of grant money provided by ideological entities. A scientist's price can vary wildly.
Klein's basic premise is correct but it's too narrowly focused on involvement in science influence by groups she already has a dislike for. Of course this is often handwaved away as not being relevant because "the good guys" have less money to pervert things than "the bad guys" do, which leads to "it's ok when we do it because our motives are pure", which even if true, doesn't change the fact that it's still another perversion.
Another good one is "University Inc. The Corporate Corruption of HIgher Education (Jennifer Washburn)", discussing how Bayh-Dole and exclusive licensing, along with the infiltration of corporate managers into research universities has fundamentally altered norms in academic research, to the detriment of scientific integrity.
This kind of thing has happened in other countries, most notably in the Soviet Union under Stalin when Lysenko came to power. Fauci actually has some similarities to Lysenko, i.e. being primarily political creatures seeking to retain control of their institutions by whatever means available.