The Kremlin has pushed false claims that the U.S. is working with Ukraine on bioweapons labs, a narrative that QAnon has picked up and further distorted.
I know for a fact that I live near several biological research labs with significant American funding that have samples of various infectuous diseases. That is why I see no reason to believe these are some super secret special labs that work on unique bioweapons rather than normal diseases. My theory is just not very juicy, but I think it does a good job explaining what the labs are and everyone's reaction.
You are of course right that those samples are no joke, but I feel like Russia is pointing them out partly to say "Everyone, be really careful not to blow a hole in this building and cause some kind of uncontrollable outbreak of an infectious disease in a country we share a 2000 km land border with.". The west is pointing to them and saying Putin might spread the diseases, but really they are also saying "Everyone, be really careful not to blow a hole in this building and cause some kind of uncontrollable outbreak of an infectious disease in a country where a significant percentage of the population is streaming into literally every NATO country as refugees.". And Ukraine is pretty much just looking around and going "I don't think anthrax would improve the current situation".
So, bad as it could be with one of those labs that as you said are very common, I feel like this is the ridiculously roundabout way that everyone is coming together and deciding to not release anything from those labs.
I know for a fact that I live near several biological research labs with significant American funding that have samples of various infectuous diseases. That is why I see no reason to believe these are some super secret special labs that work on unique bioweapons rather than normal diseases. My theory is just not very juicy, but I think it does a good job explaining what the labs are and everyone's reaction.
You are of course right that those samples are no joke, but I feel like Russia is pointing them out partly to say "Everyone, be really careful not to blow a hole in this building and cause some kind of uncontrollable outbreak of an infectious disease in a country we share a 2000 km land border with.". The west is pointing to them and saying Putin might spread the diseases, but really they are also saying "Everyone, be really careful not to blow a hole in this building and cause some kind of uncontrollable outbreak of an infectious disease in a country where a significant percentage of the population is streaming into literally every NATO country as refugees.". And Ukraine is pretty much just looking around and going "I don't think anthrax would improve the current situation".
So, bad as it could be with one of those labs that as you said are very common, I feel like this is the ridiculously roundabout way that everyone is coming together and deciding to not release anything from those labs.