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It sounds very alarmist, but on a close reading, it makes two observations: 1. We have no idea what kind of seeds they are, and they could be invasive. 2. The
by ben509 6y ago
It sounds very alarmist, but on a close reading, it makes two observations:
1. We have no idea what kind of seeds they are, and they could be invasive.
2. The packages originate from China.
The juxtapoisition of the fact that they could be invasive and that the packages originate from China make it sound like a Chinese plot.
They never actually connect those dots, though.
- Natsu 6y agoWe have two carriers sitting in the ocean near China right now due to tensions regarding their oceanic claims and Hong Kong, so people are a bit tense right now.
- elliekelly 6y agoI find it kind of hard to believe the United States government hasn’t identified the seeds. I bet I could get a reasonably close ID with a photo of the seeds and Google. Surely there’s at least one government lab and several dozen government scientists capable of figuring it out.
- evan_ 6y agoThere might not be. The USDA is a ghost town. Trump’s Ag Secretary abruptly (and possibly illegally) moved all of the research to Kansas City and a huge number of scientists didn’t make the move. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759053717/critics-of-relocating-usda-research-agencies-point-to-brain-drain https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759053717/critics-of-relocati...