But there are so many other questions:
- intentional release? If so why?
- any other viruses/bacteria under study(almost undoubtedly, "Yes")?
- if so, where and what is planned?
China makes plans(written plans) for everything. Even if the release was an accident, there were reasons for doing the studies. What were/are they?
-What other viruses and/or bacteria are undergoing similar study in China? Are there any bacteriological production facilities in place now (as are present yet in Russia IIRC)?
- Can we count on Russia's past actions, facilities and quite clear warnings to provide a sufficient counterweight to China's fiddling in the lab? Or should we return to full scale biological warfare research ourselves? We can undoubtedly outpace both given time but at this point I see a need for some reasonable planning or we're likely to worsen the situation.
We still haven't considered non-governmental entities that may have an interest in biological warfare, ranging from the MIT grad student with a gene lab in his basement to the environmental organization that believes reducing the world's human population is a necessity.