08-05-2016, 04:45 AM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/.../88292790/
With classic NIMBY:
Oxitec, the company that makes the GMO mosquitoes, will wait to launch the trial until after the November election, when Florida Keys residents will vote on a non-binding referendum on the trial, said Hadyn Parry, Oxitec's chief executive officer.
Zika outbreak is happening NOW, so let's wait around for the elections. Right.
With classic NIMBY:
Oxitec, the company that makes the GMO mosquitoes, will wait to launch the trial until after the November election, when Florida Keys residents will vote on a non-binding referendum on the trial, said Hadyn Parry, Oxitec's chief executive officer.
Zika outbreak is happening NOW, so let's wait around for the elections. Right.