This is not new. Every drug company does this as part of their research, and is needed to understand the virus and its ability to mutate. If they didn't do this type of research, their knowledge and understanding of the virus would be minimal. Not really a story, but shows your lack of knowledge and awareness of this field of scientific research.

Over 5 billion vaccinated people globally who have proven the efficacy of all vaccinations. Why do anti-vaxxers ignore this reality to focus purely on fear of what might happen?

Everyone thinks themselves a journalist who is doing an expose of hidden agendas and secrets and the only people surprised are the ignorant and the uneducated in this area of science, but they all think themselves experts...... why is that?