I would also highlight this as seemingly by far the most wrong point. Consider how many Omicron cases we now have and we still don’t know for sure it’s significantly less severe. Now consider how many secret cases in humans infected with various novel strains you’re working with you would need to enact in a controlled environment to be confident enough that a given strain is less severe and thus it makes sense to release it.
I would also highlight this as seemingly by far the most wrong point. Consider how many Omicron cases we now have and we still don’t know for sure it’s significantly less severe. Now consider how many secret cases in humans infected with various novel strains you’re working with you would need to enact in a controlled environment to be confident enough that a given strain is less severe and thus it makes sense to release it.