@kkjetelina.bsky.social takes us through the cases of New World Screwworm, back in the U.S. for the first time since 1966.
The biggest threat? The Trump Syndicate’s incompetent anti-science approach to just about everything…
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1/ Five cases of New World screwworm have now been confirmed in the U.S., Texas has declared an emergency, and Canada immediately restricted livestock imports. Most people had never heard of screwworm until last week (or maybe just now). That's because we eradicated it from the U.S. in 1966.🧵