Nothing wrong with scrutiny, and yes, something as serious as Covid deserves meticulous scrutiny, because this outbreak could have been so much worse; and we failed as a nation to deliver precise, accurate information, while also failing to put the clamps on those that were looking to profit on delivering harmful, false misinformation.
The scrutiny needed to come from a board of virologists, epidemiologists, emergency care docs, primary care docs, vaccine specialists, public health administrators that dealt with the actual logistics of the pandemic, etc with a focus on improving performance. People that have the expertise to provide productive argument and solutions. The problem with the "scrutiny" we got, is that it came from congresspeople that were merely looking to make a name for themselves. A bunch of idiot narcissists looking to benefit themselves rather than look at this as a failed team effort. That's just wasted time and taxpayer money all in the name of self-promotion.
As far as punishment....for what? Trying his best to contain a novel virus? If your argument is he had criminal intent, prove it. It should be easy. There would have been whistleblowers, there would be money trails, there would be virological evidence. You can't cover something of this magnitude up, to believe otherwise, is childish. You don't punish a fireman for failing to save a burning building. You hope for damage control.
Find evidence, then I agree, punish the perpetrators. Right now, there are people that purposefully mislead millions of people, resulting in thousands of needless deaths. They remain unpunished, ready to provide disastrous misinformation to gullible people that are unable to recognize quality sourced, aka peer-reviewed information. They directly harmed the nation by weakening its crisis response. They're traitors and should be dealt with harshly.............and yet, somehow I missed any of your concern with their dealings.