A typical biowarfare weapon isn't created to kill. The lethality is low because for specific reasons. The intent is to overwhelm the enemy infrastructure, to take their production and energy resources out or reduce their capacity significantly. Draining away medical resources and sending production workers home either ill or to care for someone ill instead. Most effective in the cold season when people are in close proximity most of their time.
That doesn't mean it wouldn't be possible to make a more lethal virus.. Krell and his people don't seem to have any moral hang ups about killing anyone just because it is expedient.
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