I've read that https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/ https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/ was funding coronavirus gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab prior to

I've read that https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/ https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/ was funding coronavirus gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab prior to the pandemic. My question is why Eco Health Alliance wanted this research? What benefits come from artificially evolving a dangerous pathogen? Here's the article https://www.independentsciencenews.org/news/peter-daszaks-ecohealth-alliance-has-hidden-almost-40-million-in-pentagon-funding/ https://www.independentsciencenews.org/news/peter-daszaks-ec...