We have always modified food through selective breeding. We have wheat that matures more quickly, and cows with the percents of fat we wish, etc. I guess it's the genetic part that bothers me. If there was w ay to test it where the seeds could NOT escape, I'd be for it. I do not object to research, and I don't think all research is bad, but this I have serious doubts about. Kinda like developing mutated strains of Ebola and thinking we will, 100% of the time, keep the stuff in our control. I don't doubt that various governments are working on just that even as we sit in our respective chairs. And, probably, so far, it's been kept under wraps. However, I wouldn't want to be around if it ever escapes.

I'm familiar to a small degree with epidemiology, and I have a layman's understanding of spread factors. However, on this one we just don't know. To me, that's sufficient reason to keep on not knowing.

You (Grab) state your case very well. Just take me as the guy who always had more questions than answers, and who really wants the answers before the stuff happens.