i'm starting to think they're not interested in permanent suppression, they're just buying time. After all, they're always been interested in short term profit. At this point they're just reproducing the system until we die by extinction

Alternatively "The asteroid is coming, but we have still time to take measures against it" "Oh my, its faster than expected, we'll move swiftly!" They, in fact, did move swiftly their houses in remote islands. On top of mountains or other natural shelters