> the preservative has been a talking point of anti-vaccine advocates for decades
Ahh, that makes sense. Is the best way to get policy made over the next four years gonna be to seed it to fringe conspiracy groups?
Not cede, to surrender
Seeding an idea, to plant an idea does not jive here.
It does. If you want to see any reasonable policy passed instead of craziness, you need to convince some conspiracy groups to believe it, then it will be taken up by the administration and passed.
Plant the idea, they grow it and it gets passes. It's pretty clear that's what OP meant. 'Ceed', in this context makes no sense. In the discussed example policy is already coming from fringe groups, there is nothing to ceed to them. But to plant ideas with them that you want passed is how you'll get policy.
Note, not saying I agree or disagree with the original statement, just clarify what they meant by it.
If so, I applaud. I am moved, my soul touched.
The idea discussed has been believed for decades by the cited fringe groups. The idea wasn't an example of anything being planted, but instead lunatic insane nutjob fringe group anti-vaxxers are now makig policy.
Policy in this area has been lost to the loons, the nutjobs, ceded to them.