Re "so successful at eradicating it that people forgot what it's like to deal with it," see also: measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, tetanus, scarlet fever, etc etc
Andrea Kaston Tange
Ironically, the program was so successful at eradicating screwworm that it also eradicated much of the experience of DEALING with screwworm. All it takes is a female laying eggs on a cow owned by someone whose granddad wasn’t around to say “Shit! I know what that is!” and the next wave goes out.
