Humans have been genetically modifying their food since the beginning of agriculture. Fear based on the particular modification technique used is completely irrational.
Humans have also been traveling since forever, yet the precautions for flying a jet plane are vastly different than if you're going on foot.
Yet still you are much more likely to end up dead or injured walking or driving any distance that would cause a normal person to fly there.
As Boeing has shown that only stays true as long as nobody games the regulations against flying death traps. Planes are safe because we require them to be safe, not because tin cans traveling miles above ground are inherently safe. I will take my chances on foot over a 737 MAX with its suicidal MCAS.
That is silly. Imagine that the genes were transferred via some toxic mould that transfers DNA but that was extremely hard to remove after the procedure. Of course the procedure matters
You mean, like transferring the proteins that cause brazil nut allergy into soy? Fortunately, they caught that before it was rolled out.
So a virus?
This is a bad argument. Local vs global optimisation. Same as comparing natural reactors and nuclear weapons.