You and the other consultants signal to each other that you’re uncomfortable with the manager leading the discussion, but aren’t sure how to break in. The tone that’s been established thus far seems adversarial, and you can see that Daniel is getting frustrated.
You try to break in with a question of clarification, but the manager continues to denigrate the treatment approach that Daniel is proposing. The manager says that the team at this point just wants to “wash their hands” of the case and says that Daniel can do what he wants but h shouldn’t expect them to participate in pseudoscientific nonsense.
With that, Daniel stands up, says, “fine!” and leaves the room. You suggest that the meeting be adjourned for now, and reconvened is possible at a later point in time.