A lot has to do with the trust level between the public and government. We are very lucky in the United States in that the public does believe what the government says.

The significance is that it is a completely new continent that we need to be looking at.

Countries have far exceeded what is science-based and they have further complicated the losses to the industry.

We are really not dealing with a backyard operation.

We have very good surveillance here so it can be contained, even if we are repeatedly 'invaded' by the virus.

French authorities should be encouraged for reporting this so quickly and this allows them, as well as local farmers, to take extra monitoring precautions.