It could just as easily be some bogus report on Blind or any other anonymous site and I would have just as much trouble believing it.
Think of a million other news reports you have heard where a union or CEO makes claim X/Y/Z and a news agency refers to a specific individual (or airs an interview with a disguised voice/appearance individual) who contradicts those claims.
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/pandemics-...
[2] https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/alex-berenson-attacks-...
[3] https://reason.com/2021/08/30/alex-berenson-twitter-ban-vacc...
If you make a million predictions one of them is bound be true. Just because you’re the first to predict one thing doesn’t mean that everything you say is true, or that you shouldn’t be criticized for jumping to conclusions.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/pandemics-...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28825929