Chinese Agro Terrorist

[quintessentone]

"What to know about Fusarium graminearum, the biological pathogen allegedly smuggled into the US"

"But the pathogen, while a concern for the agricultural industry, is not necessarily among the most significant threats the industry faces, plant pathology experts told ABC News."

""We're not talking about something that just got imported from China," Allen said. "People should not be freaking out.""

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fusarium-grami...=122487812

[DontTreadOnMe]

Figures, it happened here in Michigan. There is work to do here, for sure.

And, this is the second time they tried this stunt.
Fusarium is a nasty pathogen.   Once it is in the plant, not much you can do.
At least in my gardening experience.

[Kaiju666]

If it’s so easily found in the US, why the need to smuggle it?
Is it breaking a law trying to smuggle it? 

I’ll bet some Kash it’s breaking a law, at the very least. And this is strike two?? Why so eager to smuggle it?? Lock them up.

[putnam6]

Chinese bio-terror lab found in California, thousands of vials containing Ebola COVID-19, HEP-C & HIV, video at the link

We are in a Mold War... with China, Russia probably North Korea too 



@Chicago1Ray 

@Chicago1Ray
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=#ffffffChinese bio-terror lab found in (CA) thousands of viles containing Ebola Covid, HEP-C & HIV CDC & FBI under Biden refused to investigate, Chinese national here illegally arrested The Chinese shouldn't be allowed to own food processing plants or farmland in this country

[DontTreadOnMe]

If it’s so easily found in the US, why the need to smuggle it?
Is it breaking a law trying to smuggle it? 

I’ll bet some Kash it’s breaking a law, at the very least. And this is strike two?? Why so eager to smuggle it?? Lock them up.

IIRC, the smuggled strain is not native to the USA and targets food crops like wheat and rice.

[marshun]

Curious why this is such a firestorm now.  The fungus does exist in the USA and throughout the world already.  Not trying to downplay it though.  Were they trying to find ways to advance it or destroy it?  My hunch is to advance it.  

as I recall the Wuhan lab produced in Covid a 'gain of function', which presumably means they made it worse.

so maybe that's their plan with this fungus.

a big part of USA dominance in this current world is our humongous food production.  If Chin can throw a monkey wrench in, we'd be hurting.

[EXETER]

If it’s so easily found in the US, why the need to smuggle it?
Is it breaking a law trying to smuggle it? 

I’ll bet some Kash it’s breaking a law, at the very least. And this is strike two?? Why so eager to smuggle it?? Lock them up.

Yes, it's breaking the law to bring it into the country without declaring it on your customs form.  If you do declare it on the customs form, then you have to have a permit or license for it.  It's basically the same as if you bought some avocados in Mexico and put them in your luggage and didn't declare them when you came back to the US.  If they were infected, they could threaten the US avocado crop. These laws are in place to control the importation of biological materials that could harm US crops and animals.  

This guy was a biological researcher and was taking a short cut.  He could probably have purchased the very same organism from a lab supply house, but it would have taken more time and money.  It was a stupid move on his part, but not particularly destructive in the great scheme of things.

[Sky727]

When due to weather if we had to divert to an alternate destination coming back to the states the longest time consuming thing that was done is remove all food items that were supplied overseas..Bugs, parasites, you name it are a big deal with customs ... 

Corporate guys going to Mexico (fishing trips or hunting  birds) could just pay a bribe amount to the local yokels and not even be inspected if going to Mexico... Turbo-prop in the 80s was $50 and a jet (depending on what kind was around $75 for a Saber-liner) Mexico has been corrupt by western standards since before any of us alive today were born.

[putnam6]

When due to weather if we had to divert to an alternate destination coming back to the states the longest time consuming thing that was done is remove all food items that were supplied overseas..Bugs, parasites, you name it are a big deal with customs ... 

Corporate guys going to Mexico (fishing trips or hunting  birds) could just pay a bribe amount to the local yokels and not even be inspected if going to Mexico... Turbo-prop in the 80s was $50 and a jet (depending on what kind was around $75 for a Saber-liner) Mexico has been corrupt by western standards since before any of us alive today were born.

Mexico has some wonderful, hard-working people, but they have been swamped by corruption and graft-filled government