I mean arguably, we _could_ create conditions in which it is much less likely for people to start developing such a novel genetically engineered virus.

If you think about the factors that lead to people wanting to do such a thing, they're almost always tied to (perceived) inequality, (perceived) injustice or similar in some way.

I do believe that we could greatly reduce a whole bunch of such risks by just stopping to squeeze people as hard as we do right now.

But that would require a major refactoring I guess.