Is their any reason to do this other than to say "We did it"?
How do they reason it away?
The Canadian professors, meanwhile, shot back at their critics - arguing that smallpox was bound to be synthesized at some point anyway.
(https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-14/scientists-freaking-out-over-pandemic-potential-genetically-engineered-smallpox)
Source: ZeroHedge by TylerDurden