they really never hid the facts
it was welcomed by all the $$$ people in kansas and elsewhere that would profit from building the new lab
anyone who brought up the idea that building a lab to "research" animal diseases in the middle of the animal production center of the us was called anti-science antiprogress etc
i thought it should be cancelled or put in puerto rico or somewhere away from the livestock
these people would build a fire research center in a gunpowder factory and then be "surprised" at what "unforseen" events happened