but at the very least will take heavy economic sanctions and a destruction of public image from this. Meanwhile Zhengli, Yanyi and Fauci will dodge any consequences.

No one can afford to impose economic sanctions that will have any effect on China. As for public image, they don't really care anymore. They don't need to care. I think you grossly overestimate the damage to China.

How can people forget about Covid? What can they say to make that happen? Everyone who is listening to the media is still scared of it.

They've turned on a dime before. As soon as it no longer serves their interests to talk about it, they will shut up about it. Just like the 'Russia collusion' disappeared overnight.

But then they wouldn't get to try and push the vaccine on people

For now, they are, but I'm talking about when things return to normal. I'd say 6 months, but at most 1 year. By that time, no one will care anymore. Unfortunately. Lack of memory is one of our chief problems. That is why media outlets can tell lie after lie without any accountability.

I'm sure he said it. Maybe the video got deleted? I've been looking forever and there's videos where he hints to women gaining from it, but none where he openly states that.

Doesn't even matter. We both know that it's what the organization is about, even if it is not stated explicitly.