The protections are not to protect us from the mice, it’s to protect the mice from us. The value of the mice is in their purity. Imagine basing a 1bn investment

The protections are not to protect us from the mice, it’s to protect the mice from us. The value of the mice is in their purity. Imagine basing a 1bn investment in a new drug based on trials that it turned out were tainted because a mouse caught something from a human handler beforehand. Hence 17k a mouse.