Hmmm… Guess what percentage of the owners who raise cattle voted for the orange moron?
98.5%, 99% or 99.5?
Literally has nothing to do with Trump or Trump voters.
While the USDA has long been prepared and will just repeat their actions of last time—which the article implies they’re already ready to do as it escalates—it’s more a concern of what happened to Central/South America, or the fly’s reproductive behaviours that has caused the safe zone to slowly get overrun these past few years.
If you really want to point this to Trump, I guess you’ll need to find some sort of link to something the US did that somehow caused Panama and then Mexico to get re-invaded, about 6-12 months before he was in office.
Edit: Imagine he catches wind of it though and decides to fuck it all by putting RFK Jr. in charge at the last minute…
The moron cut a critical organization when a major threat was known to be migrating north.
The agency needed a massive influx of resources for an expanded effort to control it this year.
No the root cause is not his fault, but his dumbass decisions the the fucking morons who voted for him are absolutely at fault for the shitty response.
That’s…not how the sterile tactic works. Anywhere in the world.
For starters, you think they’re just going to release everything in winter because last fall there were a couple of cases in proximity of the border? It’s insect ecology. Always wait for late-spring to summer before anything. Most generational breeding starts peak-summer period.
When we do this for mosquitos in SE Asia, African Lakes, South America, etc. you prepare, then go it at the right time.
“We had a case in Texas now! Unleash the horde!”
Aaaand you’re fucked.
Again, the main concern is about how infestation breached through north of South America and Central America to get to North America. There were proxy cases to the US border over the last six months which obviously meant it’d be in the US come warmer months—and that’s been factored for—but why did it get that far up the continent over the last two years?
These are things way outside of Trump’s wheelhouse and apparently Lemmy users that only come in here for US politics articles.
‘Murica got exactly what’ Murica deserved
There are awful, powerful people in the background pulling the levers of power, but this isn’t new
It has always been fucked. It wasn’t founded on the ideals of freedom or anything noble
It was stolen, then built with slavery, and that slavery was just rebranded as capitalism so white people would buy into it, so long as they still felt superior to everyone else
The cruelty and greed have always been the defining characteristics
You mean rich white guys who didn’t want to pay taxes. I’m shocked America turned out the way it did.
I feel sorry for the cows, they did not vote for the MAGA shitheads.
Well don’t worry, this administration has a tried and true solution. If you stop checking for screwworm, it’s not there.
Daily reminder that the US government is a doomsday cult. This is is by design.
This is so much more horrifying than I realized. Humans can get it too. Here’s a CDC article on it if you dare. https://www.cdc.gov/new-world-screwworm/about/index.html
Same with your dogs and cats. Nearly all mammals.
And with climate change, it could possibly spread further north than it used to, before it was eradicated in the US.
‘Murica is a laughing stock, and rural’ Murica somehow managed to be even more stupid
Big brain billionaire syndrome
They will always be protected from the consequences of their actions. Always.
awesome! for a moment i was worried famine wouldn’t be one of the things this administration would bring about.
Sir, this is clearly pestilence.
oh yeah. i should brush up on
the holy bookThe Four Horsemen lyrics.Great idea, I’d also suggest the classic Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
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I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
/s
Making America Great Again! like it’s 1965!
mm tasty parasites
Everything you would want to know about the history of the screw worm is here: https://youtu.be/lL8GnFtKliU
