“Screwworm is dangerously close”: Flesh-eating parasites just 70 miles from US
“Screwworm is dangerously close”: Flesh-eating parasites just 70 miles from US
I’ll take a screw worms over brain worms any day of the week.
I know this is really serious but the title makes it sound like they're some kind of invading alien army approaching from the ocean, and every day they draw closer
I literally just spit some drink out my nose when I opened this thread and saw this.
Thank you.
A spit-take a day keeps the brain worm away.
You're welcome.
Did RFK cough it out? Or does it spread anally? That way tRump would already have it!
However, in the 1950s, eradication efforts using sterile male flies and livestock monitoring began to push the fly population southward.
Then..
"It nearly wiped out our cattle industry before; we need to act forcefully now. That’s why I insist we start using pesticide bait immediately."
Is there a reason we wouldn't use sterile male flies before it even gets here? Or, you know, just keep them in international circulation?
Edit: Honest question, not snarky. I'm ignorant here.
Wiping out cattle industry would have an absolutely gigantic & immediate effect on lowering greenhouse gas emissions & with that the catastrophic climate changes.
Grain of salt, but I’m pretty sure I saw this exact “wasteful science,” or at least this type of it, under attack by this administration/the DOGE machete, so that’d be why. Inability to think/connect dots and adamant anti science dogma.
Nah truth be told the factories that produce the sterile screwworms, in Panama and Mexico, didn't have the capacity to breed enough sterile screwworms. They were producing like 1m/month and they actually needed 3m/month to stay ahead of it, something like that. Now production is ramping up but the invasion has been faster.
The science includes gender ("male flies"), I could absolutely see the program getting cut just for that.
Purposefully tearing everything down
Indiscriminate chopping always leads to unexpected results
As of 3 months ago, I thought we still were: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq60I5RSW8
It's so great to be at the end of human cooperation and civilization. I'm so excited for when antibiotics stop working because of factory farming. /s
Antibiotics are woke, probably.
Stop spreading panic.
While NWS can infect humans—and those cases are grisly—it is relatively rare.
The US has halted imports of cattle, bison, and horses from Mexico to try to keep the parasite out. Officials have also set up nearly 8,000 traps across Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Among 13,000 screening samples, so far, none have turned up NWS.
You do know who is running the government right now right?
Maybe he meant end of cooperation because in times past, we would have unified against this threat and kept it at bay, but now we’re all fucked and everything is on fire so nobody has time to deal with the situation?
You do realize the “/s” denotes they are being sarcastic.
Also:
sar•cas•tic | sär’kastik | adjective
marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt
The worm is coming from inside the [White] House
Federal Fish and wildlife are killing off endangered wolves in new mexico to protect cattle. Sincerely as a person who appreciates the planet we live on I hope cattle ranchers have the life they voted for!
So move RFK 100 miles away.
As someone living in what was once the historical range of screwworms, it was nice knowing you all.
Look for draining or enlarging wounds, as well as signs of discomfort. Also look for screwworm larvae (maggots) and eggs in or around body openings, such as the nose, ears, and genitalia, or the navel of newborn animals.
While NWS can infect humans—and those cases are grisly—it is relatively rare.
May it meet many republicans
The US governmemt has this. Jist run RFK jr out there. He will eat them all up.
What is this the new African killer bee scare? They're tracing it by the mile?
I would not underestimate this particular threat. Under a more competent administration I would at least worry slightly less. But the levels of incompetence in positions of power have me genuinely worried. This is a real threat that we have carefully managed since the Nixon administration (IIRC). If it makes its way here it will wreak havoc on livestock.
You probably don't have anything to fear, I think 12 people got it in the '72 outbreak, but it can be brutal for livestock.
god: "Ima give it screw shape for the extra fuck you"
dont worry, the ivermectin will protect the people
In fact, that's exactly what it is for. That and mites, but the mites adapt quickly.
of course, partially why I brought it up. but a decent amount of people willing to take that ivermectin live at the border.
Ship them to the fascist regime.
Stephen Miller is already in the US.