The thing is he doesn't just "reference" the paper - he takes it out of context to suggest that it "serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons" (something the paper doesn't say at all, and which no researcher in the field would support). Alongside unsupported claims that the US and other governments are developing such weapons.
Of course he's also hedging, and talking out of both side of his mouth. It's a classic innuendo technique, and you fell for it.
Of course he's also hedging, and talking out of both side of his mouth. It's a classic innuendo technique, and you fell for it.