Pretty sure you are right on that one.
I keep my citizens pretty low over all, compared to the others, since we know war is coming, so we need a ton of warriors to fight the hoard, and we need several tons of slaves to feed them, but we don't need that many people working on the cures yet, just enough to keep it going.
Once the war is over, we can afford to scale back the troops, and ramp up production, and try to cure as many people as possible. Hell, you would think the fact that we can do that, would be enough to show the mutants that we can work toward a better future,
with all the hot girls in my harem!