NIMBYism != People being concerned about their neighbors possessing weapons of mass destruction/super viruses capable of killing them and millions/billions of other people.
>while completely ignoring the effects of NOT making a change
The completely hypothetical effects of not making a change in just one area of virology research which is highly criticized by many in the scientific community.
It's hilariously absurd to compare people who don't want a dual use bioweapons research facility in their neighborhood to NIMBYism.