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It wasn't a critical time, it was late. If there had been any political will for this things would have been set in motion since 2023, likely even before that
by literalAardvark 1y ago
It wasn't a critical time, it was late.
If there had been any political will for this things would have been set in motion since 2023, likely even before that when the reports from the scientists working on control started pouring in.
Blaming a few weeks of funding lapse one year into an outbreak in a control project that's been running for decades is absurd.
From a link in this thread: However, since 2023, cases have been increasing in number and spreading north from Panama to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.
- asacrowflies 1y agoLate is still a critical time...perhaps more critical.
- cogman10 1y agoFair point. The cost to fight this back will definitely exponentially increase.
- tptacek 1y agoOk, but where did you get that Nov '24 date from? You just agreed with a comment that falsified that claim.
- cogman10 1y agoAn article I read mentioned that Nov '24 is when the flies were spotted in Mexico. I incorrectly assumed that meant that is when they breached the panama boarder. So I agree with the commenter that falsified my claim because they are correct, the date of breach was earlier and the time to react was then.
- tptacek 1y agoGotcha. Thanks! I was just curious.