Screwworms are back!After being eradicated from the US for 60 years, at least seven cases have been observed in the Southwestern US. The USDA estimates a $1.8 billion dollar loss for the Texan economy if the outbreak mimics historical cases.Fun fact: The screwworm can burrow through a human skull!https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/nws-historical-economic-impact.pdfhttps://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/screwworms-in-us-human-risk-is-low-but-they-can-burrow-through-your-skull/https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5918895-new-world-screwworm-texas-sixth-case/
>>536817868So, why isn't this ever a loss for Mexico's cattle industry? Does a bull have one or two and it's meat is then worthless??
>>536817868Indians bringing all kinds of things back, huh?
>>536817868I hope a nigger stabs you and rapes your rotting asshole
>>536818059>So, why isn't this ever a loss for Mexico's cattle industry? it is.https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5494237/mexico-parasite-cattle-exports-screwworm>The U.S. ban on live cattle also applies to horses and bison imports. It hit a ranching sector already weakened by drought and specifically a cattle export business that generated $1.2 billion for Mexico last year. This year, Mexican ranchers have exported fewer than 200,000 head of cattle, which is less than half what they historically send in the same period.
>>536818059Finding one or two implies more
ivermectin kills the screwworm in beast and man
>>536817868can i buy monsanto stocks?
wtf you better keep your wormy ass third world beef away from us, amerifats. fuckin gross. imagine losing to a parasite in 2026. third world shit.
>>536817868Alpha Gal spreading is more concerning. Screw Worms are pretty horrific if you have them in your flesh, but they aren't going to fuck up the meat of a cow if one is in there.Maggots are repulsive because they signify the decay of flesh which makes it inedible and a disease risk, but in the case of the screw fly maggot feeds off living flesh.In other words, if you eat one in your steak it's going to be fucking dead. >"Ewww u eat zee bug!! who cares, still going to eat meat.
>>536817868>Fun fact: The screwworm can burrow through a human skull!What the fuck do they have for mouth parts? Even a medical drill takes a while to get through the skill.
>>536818059Historically we did a ton of testing and efforts to keep screw worm under control more in South America. To give the USA a mileage buffer to the problem. Something Mexico benefitted from too.But of course Trump cut a bunch of those programs and here we are in classic chickens coming home to roost style. Like basically every single moron policy his admin has passed..
>>536818621Why can’t the Mexicans take care of shit themselves? Everybody just comes running back to us for sucker. Everything south of the border is useless
>>536818709you can't take care of screw worms right now either, dumbfuck.
>>536818059It is a loss for the Mexican cattle industry.>Does a bull have one or two and it's meat is then worthless??It's never just one or two, it's dozens and they can kill the host, which is the big threat. But technically, you can safely eat the meat. Would you, though?>>536818218What did I do? :(You can read about a case in the ars technica article I linked where a man had screwworms burrowed in his hemorrhoids.>>536818550True! Lone Star ticks are the only species (afaik) that display aggressive hunting behavior.>>536818582They do have mouthparts!Also, I made the terrible choice of googling 'screwworm mouth' to get this image. D:>>536818709They're poor, we're rich, and we're incentivized to do this because preventing it south of the border prevents it north of the border.
>>536818782Do you think the facilities were just bulldozed? I’m 90% sure the sterile genome is locked up somewhere and being pumped out right now.
>>536818079Yeah, nothing to do with Trump administration and DOGE culling the program that kept them at bay lmao
>>536818820So we just let people get away with being retarded cause we feel bad about them being poor?
>hanta>ebola>now chopped & screwed wormsthe flyover cope is never ending
>>536818709Why can't trump stop sucking jew dick and leave everyone alone?
>>536818964I think you should let the Jewworm eat more of your brain.
>>536819127>>536819169
>>536819127>we're incentivized to do this because preventing it south of the border prevents it north of the border.
>>536819212Why don't you give AIPAC more money, miga.
>>536818621Why assume its not on purpose?I feel like Trump actively makes himself seem dumber than he is to get away with shit.
>>536819282meant for>>536818964
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Reminder that DOGE unironically cut funding for the program that eradicated it in the 60s and kept it from coming back because "why are we spending money to stop them coming up from South America, Mexico should pay for it"
>>536819452Yes mexico should pay for ityour problem is that they wontso your options areA) Do it yourselfB) Force them using any means necessary.
>>536819592Wouldn’t it cost money to force them?
>>536818964The way they stopped them from spreading was by breeding and then releasing so many sterile flies that it causes the non-sterile flies already in the area to die without ever mating with a reproductive partner.Since the flies can't really travel over water, it made the most sense to do this in Central America where the continent is thinner so that the amount of ground they had to cover in impotent flies was greatly reduced.
>>536817868Almost like Texas has been flooded with 3rd world savages
>>536819867I am aware. Why can’t the spics handle something as simple as that?
>>536819684Yeah, the question is which method costs more money.
>>536818820>Screwworms can drill through your skull.>You can read about a case in the ars technica article I linked where a man had screwworms burrowed in his hemorrhoids.fuuuuuuuuck.
>>536818709your a succor
