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it would be racist if we started calling it the texas screwworm, but that's kind of redundant
A bit like calling the Spanish Flu the Spanish Flu.
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If a government official says something racist shouldn't that be reported, so people reading know not to take that person/office seriously?
There’s not an objective measure of whether something is racist or not because there are several different, politically charged definitions of racism that all apply to each other.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
it would be racist if we started calling it the texas screwworm, but that's kind of redundant
A bit like calling the Spanish Flu the Spanish Flu.
A bit like calling the Spanish Flu the Spanish Flu.
See also: German measles.
At one time, malaria was called "American flu."
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It's an accurate statement, not propaganda. When the borders were open people smuggled in livestock. With border agents overwhelmed by human traffic, agricultural inspections plummeted. In 2022, CBP admitted inspecting less than 1% of vehicles for pests. That's down from 20% in the prior term. There were case clusters at ports of entry. Outbreaks are concentrated near El Paso, Laredo, and McAllen-prime smuggling rout…
> When the borders were open
When was that exactly? And what's changed?
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not impossible some government screwed up veterinary border checks at some point, but in all honesty unless someone finds direct proof I'm treating this as grade A bullsh*t. (And if it got screwed up, I'd say it's much more likely to have been an accidental result of misguided austerity measures like DOGE.)
From other new source: > The Department of Government Efficiency cut approximately 15,000 USDA jobs and terminated thousands of USAID programs, including a screwworm monitoring project.
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Apparently ivermectin actually _does_ help with screw-worm. So if you're stocked up on it for covid purposes, you're in luck! /s
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Apparently ivermectin actually _does_ help with screw-worm. So if you're stocked up on it for covid purposes, you're in luck! /s
At this point, I would suspect that those people are giving cows the covid vaccine for screw worm - since you know it's the opposite of what the CDC would say.
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#40Up to five cases diagnosed so far through today, https://www.chron.com/texas/article/usda-texas-dog-calf-scre... All livestock and pets are vulnerable ICYMI as the latest two cases are someone's pet dog and a goat.