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>How screwworms managed to jump the barrier in 2022 is not fully clear. But in the years immediately before, the coronavirus pandemic reportedly created supply-
by catigula 1y ago
>How screwworms managed to jump the barrier in 2022 is not fully clear. But in the years immediately before, the coronavirus pandemic reportedly created supply-chain snarls at the fly factory in Panama and disrupted regular cattle inspections that might have set off the alarm bells earlier. And the border between Panama and Colombia got a lot busier; the Darién Gap, once a notoriously impenetrable jungle, became a popular route for migrants.
This seems to imply that the situation is fairly clear and was caused by mass migration.
Not a great feather to have in your cap as a statesman.
- intended 1y agoThe very next sentence reads:: > Still, the screwworm advanced relatively slowly through Panama and Costa Rica for the first couple of years. Then it hit Nicaragua, and over just 10 weeks in 2024, it shot from the country’s northern border through Honduras and Guatemala to reach Mexico. This rapid advance was because of the illegal cattle trade, Furthermore - given the attitudes we see in America, it seems clear there is no appetite for projects that other countries don’t pay for. From how I understand the rhetoric is made, “this was a subsidy for cattle farmers, and for other nations, which should have picked up the slack on their own. “
- woleium 1y agohow to destroy all good will towards the usa in three easy steps.
- ctkhn 1y agoThe real issue is that we didn't carry the program further south past panama and used the darien gap as a choke point to keep ourselves safe. Maybe if we had some more solidarity with south americans, the worm could have been eliminated from the hemisphere.
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoThey say later in the article it’s because of illegal cattle smuggling, which makes sense.