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    1. Not_so_ghetto on

      For this who arnt aware Screwworm is a flesh eating parasitic fly.

      Screwworms lays their eggs on wounds with the resulting maggots eating tissue. Unlike most flies that eat dead tissue, these fly larvae exclusively eat living tissue often resulting in massive gaping wounds that can become infected quite easily.

      Fortunately human cases aren’t super common and the parasite primarily impacts cattle. This parasite was eradicated from the US in the 1960s. This was done by releasing sterile male flies. The flies only make once so by releasing sterile flies the female cannot lay viable eggs. The fly species was pushed down to the darien gap, and a border has been maintained there for several decades.

      **Videos with more information**

      Estimated cost savings for this parasites eradication is about 900 million dollars annually in the United States since the 1960s. [7 min video on parasites biology ](https://youtu.be/AkXfYKi3vMQ?si=nkEPSx6l4zAG3jnu)

      Recently the current admin has been trying to blame immigrants for the resurgence of this parasite, but this is just disinformation and it’s much more related to cocaine smuggling and illegal cattle trade.

      [7 min video debunking misinformation ](https://youtu.be/61wts9flz_8?si=XbXLPF4f7l0guBz4)

      **Full disclosure**: I made these videos. I make educational videos about Parasitology In case any people are nerdy like me and want to learn about a really cool biology topic like toxoplasmosis (cat lady parasite), rfk’s brain worm, and horse crab parasites.

    3. NationalClerk1990 on

      Stuff like this spreads quietly and then suddenly it’s everyone’s problem.
      Not trying to be dramatic, but anything that literally eats living tissue is nightmare fuel. Hope they get ahead of it fast before it turns into something bigger.

    4. Effective-Nebula1969 on

      Somehow this is the least depressing thing in my feed

      Just eat me already, Screwworm

    6. americansteel on

      This is our own fault as I understand. The U.S. used to stop the spread of the screwworm by distributing sterilized worms at a choke point between North and South America. Then DOGE decided that there was no more money for this. Thanks guys

    10. MikeSteamer on

      The easiest way to fix this problem is to use the SNE/HNE method. Shut down the Texas Dept. of Agriculture as well as the Federal Dept. of Agriculture thus See No Evil/Hear No Evil – everything is fine and it will be the Democrats faultp

    11. Fritzo2162 on

      The CDC lists a few symptoms of NWS in mammals, including:

      * Feeling maggots (larvae) move or seeing maggots within a skin wound or sore, or in the ears, nose, eyes, or mouth.
      * Painful skin wounds or sores that worsen within a few days.
      * A foul-smelling odor from the site of the infestation.
      * Bleeding from open sores.

    22. Knucks_408 on

      DOGE cancelled funding for the prevention measures we were taking in Central America to prevent this. This is a direct result of DOGE.

    24. Armtoe on

      It’s amazing how much Trump has broken. This was a problem that was under control and now, with Trump it’s at our borders again.

    27. ScrivenersUnion on

      I think a lot of people in the USA don’t understand just how crazy nature can get, and how much we’ve „tamed“ it in the US through active efforts. 

      They’re about to learn…

    28. brickyardjimmy on

      There’s a really huge one we’ve detected in the D.C. area. Eats McDonald’s a lot. And is, right now, screwing millions of people on a daily basis.

    31. Bumberti on

      Get used to a lot of tropical diseases/parasites making their way north as things heat up

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