It`s quite the opposite. It is quite more expensive to research local viruses through investing billions of dollars in the infrastructure which in those countries should be built up from the scratch, adding employees, local taxes etc. In turn, having samples of local viruses as you call them, can be virtually for free to research in the US, as you will need to pay the transport only.
So no, that is not a good excuse.
Come again with a better one
2 days ago I mentioned the bio labs. He was saying that is all russian propaganda. Today, US officals confirmed that.
Then 1 hour ago he was saying there are only two labs but there are more.
Now he is saying that funding a biolab in Ukraine right on the Russian border was not a big deal, and all data has been destroyed for no reason
He didn`t even believe in the Neo Nazi groups. Wait till I show him official British documentaries he would probably say that there is nothing wrong with being a Nazi