Researcher Planning on Creating Version of Monkeypox that is 1000 Times More Lethal

A researcher is planning on creating a version of monkeypox that is 1000 times more lethal and some would like to know ‘why’?
What would be the point of creating this disease, unless he’s deliberately trying to release it? By Strange Sounds
Links to both, the news article and The US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce letter to NIH Director concerning this matter.

https://strangesounds.org/2023/04/a-researcher-is-planning-on-creating-a-version-of-monkeypox-that-is-1000-times-more-lethal.html

https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/Letter_to_NIH_re_Monkeypox_147f96ffac.pdf?updated_at=2023-03-30T14:38:46.477Z