Well it has to be about preservation.. If it was a plant you didn't want to preserve, you could toss it in the bin and clean down. Then hplvd wouldn't be an issue.
We all have our tastes or opinions.. There drama in every hobby... Golf, fishing or whatever. Especially on the forums and Instagram etc.
I read that article and it appears to have only been identified in the US and Canada. If these strains are actually infected maybe it's best they just go away before it spreads further.
It's also ironic that a company that denied it's existence is now some kind of hero ready to profit from some kind of proprietary technology they've developed. Screw all of that. Like I said, I don't care about or need any of these great cuts that really are just crosses of other strains to begin with. US breeders have taken pollen chucking to a new level. Chuck and sell as fast as you can is the motto. Now it seems if there's any truth to this virus existing in cannabis that they've been spreading the virus with all these chucks and fancy designer cuts that are clone only.
I'll pass on all of it.
As far as preservation people should be more concerned about preserving the landrace strains that are not compromised by this alleged virus that's affecting US and Canadian cannabis. If you really are concerned about preservation then you should be focused on the landraces that all of these affected cuts and strains came from. Because when they're gone all that will be left is some crappy disease infected polyhybrids.
So yes I am all for preservation. I just don't give a damn about these so called great cuts that have been around for ten years. I do give a damn about strains that have been around for hundreds and thousands of years that are being comprised at an alarming rate by introductions of these cuts that could potentially be carrying a pathogen unknown to the regions these strains which are the basis for all hybrids today came from including these great cuts afflicted with some pathogen.
Preservation is one of the main reasons I grow landraces, do reproduction runs, and share freely with other like minded growers who care more about preserving bedrock strains rather than the current seed/clone hype going on in the United States.
I'd also like to see a peer reviewed study of their findings which I am unable to so if you have a link please provide it. All I see are references to previous studies regarding hops.