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Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com

every remarkable achievement of the state must be undone to prove the state cannot achieve anything. ( if you don't know the screwworm story, see e.g. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... )

theatlantic.comAmerica’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating WormsInside the U.S. and Panama’s long-running collaboration to rid an entire continent of a deadly disease
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Very bad news. Screwworm appears to have made it to Texas, as was predicted. These parasites eat the living flesh of cattle, cause horrible pain, and can ultimately kill them. Yesterday, USDA Chief Brooke Rollins categorically denied that screwworm was close to the border.