That's not the 90s attitude. It's a human attitude when given a new toy. There were many other attitudes in the 90s that aren't in your book. The times are largely irrelevant because people haven't changed much in thousands of years. You can bet that at the end of the stone age there were "naturalists" griping about others smelting copper. Some of their concerns would have been valid and others comical or horrific. And you can bet some of the cutting edge Chalcolithic tech boys had some bad ideas about the use of copper.
There are always lots of different opinions of how and when to use new tech. There are always those afraid of anything new, and others rushing forward without fear of the possible dangers. Most people are no more enlightened today , than 15,000+ years ago.
A GMO bee delivering antibiotics is an interesting idea. The problems would be in unintended consequences created through not knowing enough about the subject. My guess is that it might be a viable plan in 50 - 100 years at the current rate of development.
In the mean time, we may have to settle for AI Robo-bees delivering nanobots to treat the diseased bees.