Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

Chances of current US gov mounting a coordinated scientific campaign to get on top of this seem vanishingly small to me. They’re busy defunding and dismantling any gov operation that smells like science

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

#5

Post by atoav » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC

Headline from March of last year:

Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump

See: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/22636-bird-flu-screwworm...

Elect stupid leaders, get stupid consequences.

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

#6

Post by timr » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC

atoav wrote: post #5

Headline from March of last year: Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump See: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/22636-bird-flu-screwworm... Elect stupid leaders, get stupid consequences.

As the article you've linked to makes clear, this problem predates the cut in funding.

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

#7

Post by mittensc » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC

timr wrote: post #6

atoav wrote: post #5

Headline from March of last year: Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump See: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/22636-bird-flu-screwworm... Elect stupid leaders, get stupid consequences.

As the article you've linked to makes clear, this problem predates the cut in funding.

it is the admin responsibility to protect its citizens.

has it done anything to prevent/mitigate this? or the opposite?

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

#8

Post by jurgenburgen » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC

timr wrote: post #6

atoav wrote: post #5

Headline from March of last year: Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump See: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/22636-bird-flu-screwworm... Elect stupid leaders, get stupid consequences.

As the article you've linked to makes clear, this problem predates the cut in funding.

Oh great, then the next admin can blame this one when the problem is still around. Why solve a problem when you can just blame the other guys.

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

#9

Post by maeglin » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC

timr wrote: post #6

atoav wrote: post #5

Headline from March of last year: Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump See: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/22636-bird-flu-screwworm... Elect stupid leaders, get stupid consequences.

As the article you've linked to makes clear, this problem predates the cut in funding.

I'm not sure what your point is here.

Yes, the screwworm problem predates the funding cut. Surely that should prompt an increase or at least a maintenance of existing funding for monitoring programs though, certainly not a decrease.

I think atoav is saying the /stupid consequence/ is the cut in funding itself, not the screwworm resurgence.

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

#10

Post by cyanydeez » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #4

Chances of current US gov mounting a coordinated scientific campaign to get on top of this seem vanishingly small to me. They’re busy defunding and dismantling any gov operation that smells like science

If we all pass around the hat we can make a bet on Kalshi that they "WONT" do this. Right? That's effective democracy!