Fort Detrick. Maryland. Long before 2016....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/health/germs-fort-detrick-biohazard.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/28/biolabs-pathogens-location-incidents/26587505/
And back as far as 2007 -
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg44948/html/CHRG-110hhrg44948.htm
One may look further into the past for more on this....
exactly.
and when did the US outsource the development of WMDs to countries that are aggressive towards us?