Some excerpts/headlines:
Merck & Moderna Announced 100 million Dollar Partnership in December 15, 2015 to develop vaccines for FOUR UNDISCLOSED VIRUSES
Moderna Hit the Wall in 2017 with mRNA Technology Due to Safety Issues. Article in Stat magazine stated the company needed a 'Hail Mary' to bypass safety issues which impeded development and release of mRNA technology drugs
US military Wants to Know What Synthetic-Biology Weapons Could Look Like
December 15 2015 huh, near the end of the Obama administration.
Well.... call me "shocked".