[Norman Arbuthnot]

And, yes, it would be a good reason to unleash nuclear weapons on the enemy. Otherwise, a hostile second rate power may well end up the day as the superpower. Better to send them to the Stone Age than take the chance of them taking us on while we are in a gravely weakened condition.

Does this mean we should nuke France and China?

[Gritty]

it would be a good reason to unleash nuclear weapons on the enemy...

Does this mean we should nuke France and China?

Probably not. If the infection gets out from control, it will no doubt spread worldwide. They will get it also and it is unlikely they have any better vaccines than we do.

However, somebody possessing the weaponized disease will presumeably already have developed vaccines to protect themselves against their own weapon. That's why you have to annihilate them without hesitation while you are still able.