Comment by techblueberry

> I fear, with all the division they sewed it is almost certainly going lure them to double down on “Covidiots”.

It's "sowed" from the concept of "sowing seeds" not from sewing textiles.

From Google: `Combined Metaphor: Just as a farmer scatters seeds into soil expecting a harvest, to "sow division" means to plant small acts, words, or policies of conflict that grow into a larger harvest of hostility and separation between people.`