The Impact of COVID on the Future of Science

I think that COVID really changed the focus away from things like GMO corn to other issues. And it may be help us balance with some other social issues that we needed to think about. But you know, 10 years ago, I was taking major heat for simply standing up for farmers that wanted to use genetically engineered traded seeds. We suffered a lot of professional and personal hassle because of that. Some things never went away. This is so critical to ensure that we get these technologies safely and effectively to the people who need them"