The lack of a labelling requirement speaks volumes about the disregard of public wishes. We need more safeguards than those currently in the HSNO legislation, not their removal as this bill proposes.
The vaccine is the intellectual property of those who created the bioweapon, and it is worth a fortune once the weapon has been unleashed. It is as simple as that.
Oxitec has now set its sights on Australia, with an application to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Queensland currently under consideration.