What does that have to do with anything? If I pay the salary of a driver and they decide to drink and run over a family it's in no way my fault.
If you pay a researcher to do gain of function research on dangerous viruses, and that research end up causing a global pandemic, you are absolutely to blame.
If you pay a researcher to do gain of function research on dangerous viruses, and that research end up causing a global pandemic, you are absolutely to blame.