Didn't he also call to quench "dissemination of fake news" about COVID-19's suspicious connection with experiments in gain-of-function virology? Such a question I asked myself. The answer was as expected.

Yes, he did.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-misinformation-social-media.html

Hardly then do we need to take his stance into serious consideration.