Subject: Re: 2 more Chinese bioterror arrests
Important research often involves finding ways to ameliorate the harmful damage caused by harmful things. That’s why the researchers need the harmful things.

And there are limited numbers of university research centers that are prepared to handle dangerous biological materials:

The University of Michigan research has multiple biohazard containment facilities, including a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL-3) facility for advanced infectious disease research. The university is also enhancing its BSL-3 capabilities and operates a Central Biorepository to store and manage biospecimens.


Sure. The University of Michigan is a Big Ten institution, an AAU member and a key part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. Those make it one of the nation's premiere institutions for research in many fields.

And given its position - and holder of sensitive ratings for handling and storage of pathogens - there's zero probability that the people who work there are unaware of the procedures around that stuff. Especially post-COVID.