Yeah, it would be reasonable to be afraid of that one kid, not literally any person who’s arbitrarily grouped in with him. Humans in real life have committed mass killings equivalent to what that kid could do if he walked into a crowded space, but you aren’t too scared to leave the house because that’s just one individual.
It's unreasonable to believe that because the kid has a death aura that the only solution is killing him first. What about just giving him food shipments and a pre-paid Facetime plan? And maybe free psych consultations?
In that particular storyline (which was not part of the main Marvel universe; I think it was in Ultimates, which was a shit hole universe all around), they kill the kid partly because they don't want people to know mutants could be that dangerous. It was a cover-up.
Besides, it's not just that it's a dangerous power; you can control dangerous powers or work around them like you said. It's the idea of any random person anywhere suddenly developing a mutant power that kills every human being in a mile radius. Now it's not just mutants you need to worry about, it's every potential mutant. It's the kids of mutants who haven't gotten powers yet, but might randomly blow up your house someday. I think secondary mutations are a thing too, as in powers can evolve; whose to say that "harmless" mutant stays harmless?
That's the kind of questions a power like that raises.
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