I won't go as far as him being prosecuted, but yes, he was uncomfortably involved in it, and didn't call out how bad of an idea it is. Edit: Biden should have fired him when he became president ostensibly for lying, but actually because he's a polarizing figure who makes too many TV appearances. It doesn't matter that he's saying the right thing about the vaccines, when 40% of people don't trust him, he's the wrong messenger.

When the tech industry does a lot of self-reflection on what harm could come from various forms of AI, I'm honestly shocked that biologists are modifying viruses in ways that could be so disruptive (at best) that are just a few mistakes away from a pandemic.