I like your thoughts here. Not sure why your parent comment is getting downvoted. There are probably multiple facets to this story as the article alludes to: a

I like your thoughts here. Not sure why your parent comment is getting downvoted. There are probably multiple facets to this story as the article alludes to: a government funded private lab raking in the big bucks and government trying to rein them in a bit with this violation in an overly punitive way. Rendering then useless so production goes elsewhere...