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Screwworms have actually broken through the Darrien Gap and hopes of recontaining them are slim. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/screwworms
by svpk 1y ago
Screwworms have actually broken through the Darrien Gap and hopes of recontaining them are slim.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/screwworms-outbreak-united-states/682925/?gift=jn5EUqSBW4DqNeJog5r1ZUsi63I4LpmeN-nxjQIxwwk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/screwwor...
- mullingitover 1y agoI'd say the USDA will handle this, but there has never been less competent leadership at the top so we're probably toast unless someone is brave enough to let rip with a gene drive attack (which I would personally love to see, biotech reactionaries be damned).