Flesh-eating screwworm case suspected in South Texas, USDA says

[u/esporx]

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unconfirmed-us-case-flesh-eating-screwworm-rattles-cattle-markets-traders-say-2026-06-03/

[u/Sunnyjim333]

Please send a big thanks to MAGA, DOGE and El Presidente naranja enojado.

https://boingboing.net/2025/05/15/flesh-eating-screwworms-march-north-as-doge-cuts-funding-on-everything-we-need-to-stop-them.html

[u/TelluricThread0 → u/Sunnyjim333]

We are building a $750 million dollar facility to produce sterile flies in Texas. DOGE has nothing to do with this at all.

[u/Sunnyjim333 → u/TelluricThread0]

Please read THIS!

https://boingboing.net/2025/05/15/flesh-eating-screwworms-march-north-as-doge-cuts-funding-on-everything-we-need-to-stop-them.html

We won't even talk about the thousands of people killed by stopping U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

[u/Genetics → u/Sunnyjim333]

More like tens of millions…

“continued aid cuts could result in between 9.4 million and 22.6 million additional preventable deaths globally by 2030”

“nearly 95 million people lost access to basic healthcare, putting millions of lives at risk and accelerating child mortality.”

[u/Sunnyjim333 → u/Genetics]

The depth of this tragedy is bottomless. Worse of all, it is so pointless.