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Some Chinese customs officials decided to ask soybean exporters to declare their soybeans Covid-free. Which is simply stupid. The soybeans are at ambient temperatures, generally for over a month, and loaded by machines in bulk. The idea Covid could spread this way is absurd.
I get the concern about frozen meat, because that& #39;s scientifically plausible. Frozen containers, from virus hot spots in the US and Brazil, could potentially have it. But soybeans?
But... there& #39;s 2 very important lessons in this soybean/covid thing.
First, by Wu-Tang, C.R.E.A.M (Covid Rules Everything Around Me). Covid19 prevention in China takes priority over everything.
First, by Wu-Tang, C.R.E.A.M (Covid Rules Everything Around Me). Covid19 prevention in China takes priority over everything.
2nd, China& #39;s not a monolith. This soybean-covid thing is silly, and anti-science, but was probably done by someone making sure to cover their own butt, and knowing it was silly and unscientific.
There& #39;s a tendency to read every action by & #39;China& #39; as a strategic and calculated move, but the reality is often messier.
