Wasn't the argument "we have to anticipate what Mother Nature MIGHT evolve by artificially creating it first and figurjng out how to eradicate it in a 'secure' laboratory setting"?
I'm sure that was the stated rationale because it was the stupidest, most transparent cover for creating a bioweapon to use against enemies foreign and domestic or both, most likely.
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