SCREWWORMS Infect US Cattle One Year After DOGE Cuts Monitoring Funds - 60 Years Of Progress Lost

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

With cattle at its lowest level in decades the herd faces extreme risk from a flesh eating parasite that hasnt been found in US beef in 60 years. DOGE cuts were enacted last year that eliminated monitoring for the parasite at the border.. because of course they hadnt infiltrated the US beef supply in 60 years. One year later we have parasites invading the livestock.

MAGA is the worst thing to happen to America since the Civil War and will likely kill more Americans that the Civil War did. For you idiots who think government standards are just a waste of money I hope you enjoy tainted drinking water, measle deaths, and higher per pound ground beef than the historical high prices we see today. Idiots.

Ive seen this mentioned twice but it deserves its own thread.

Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?

The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

www.forbes.com

A flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has been found in a 3-week-old calf in a south Texas border town, the USDA confirmed, a threat that could drive the already soaring price of beef even higher after Elon Musk-led government cuts slashed ongoing efforts to prevent its spread.

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.

www.nbcnews.com

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday. The parasitic fly’s larvae feed exclusively on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. While the fly is capable of infecting humans and pets, such cases are rare and pose little risk to the broader public, according to experts.

It follows months of warnings from U.S. and Texas agriculture officials and cattle industry leaders, as the pest steadily moved north through Mexico toward the American border.

“For months, the screwworm has advanced rapidly through Mexico in spite of the USDA’s existing gameplan,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Wednesday, adding that “instead of using every available tool, USDA moved too slowly and relied solely on a partial solution that takes years to fully implement.”

Da Screwworms! Da Screwworms!

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Another Obama legacy inflicts the US.

 

[struth]

Right, that's why we control them.

How? How do we control flies from coming across the border?

 

[Oklahoma Journalist]

Screwworm. That’s a good term for a lib.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Screwworm. That’s a good term for a lib.

Flesh eating parasites.

 

[Couchpotato]

A veterinarian.

Which is likely the person who would always catch it. This feels much like the Measles outbreak the first year Trump was in office. It was somehow the result of RFK jr being the HHS Secretary for the last 9 months, even though the outbreak started in Jan of 25 and the kid's getting measles were mostly over the age of 5. And no one mentioned the outbreak in Canada.

 

[Godboy]

With cattle at its lowest level in decades the herd faces extreme risk from a flesh eating parasite that hasnt been found in US beef in 60 years. DOGE cuts were enacted last year that eliminated monitoring for the parasite at the border.. because of course they hadnt infiltrated the US beef supply in 60 years. One year later we have parasites invading the livestock.

MAGA is the worst thing to happen to America since the Civil War and will likely kill more Americans that the Civil War did. For you idiots who think government standards are just a waste of money I hope you enjoy tainted drinking water, measle deaths, and higher per pound ground beef than the historical high prices we see today. Idiots.

Ive seen this mentioned twice but it deserves its own thread.

Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?

The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

www.forbes.com

A flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has been found in a 3-week-old calf in a south Texas border town, the USDA confirmed, a threat that could drive the already soaring price of beef even higher after Elon Musk-led government cuts slashed ongoing efforts to prevent its spread.

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.

www.nbcnews.com

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday. The parasitic fly’s larvae feed exclusively on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. While the fly is capable of infecting humans and pets, such cases are rare and pose little risk to the broader public, according to experts.

It follows months of warnings from U.S. and Texas agriculture officials and cattle industry leaders, as the pest steadily moved north through Mexico toward the American border.

“For months, the screwworm has advanced rapidly through Mexico in spite of the USDA’s existing gameplan,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Wednesday, adding that “instead of using every available tool, USDA moved too slowly and relied solely on a partial solution that takes years to fully implement.”

So they tested for this worm and they found it in a specific calf, and you are angry about it?

 

[LeftofLeft]

With cattle at its lowest level in decades the herd faces extreme risk from a flesh eating parasite that hasnt been found in US beef in 60 years. DOGE cuts were enacted last year that eliminated monitoring for the parasite at the border.. because of course they hadnt infiltrated the US beef supply in 60 years. One year later we have parasites invading the livestock.

MAGA is the worst thing to happen to America since the Civil War and will likely kill more Americans that the Civil War did. For you idiots who think government standards are just a waste of money I hope you enjoy tainted drinking water, measle deaths, and higher per pound ground beef than the historical high prices we see today. Idiots.

Ive seen this mentioned twice but it deserves its own thread.

Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?

The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

www.forbes.com

A flesh-eating parasite that was largely eradicated from U.S. livestock in the 1960s has been found in a 3-week-old calf in a south Texas border town, the USDA confirmed, a threat that could drive the already soaring price of beef even higher after Elon Musk-led government cuts slashed ongoing efforts to prevent its spread.

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.

www.nbcnews.com

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday. The parasitic fly’s larvae feed exclusively on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. While the fly is capable of infecting humans and pets, such cases are rare and pose little risk to the broader public, according to experts.

It follows months of warnings from U.S. and Texas agriculture officials and cattle industry leaders, as the pest steadily moved north through Mexico toward the American border.

“For months, the screwworm has advanced rapidly through Mexico in spite of the USDA’s existing gameplan,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Wednesday, adding that “instead of using every available tool, USDA moved too slowly and relied solely on a partial solution that takes years to fully implement.”

We should really monitor who and what comes into this country. By your own words, it’s happening at the US—Mexico Border. You are losing your shit over Elon.

Nowhere do you hold Mexico accountable. What are Mexico’s standards??

 

[Greenbeard]

We should really monitor who and what comes into this country.

We used to but that government function was DOGEd more than a year ago.

Administration Fires Border Health Inspectors Who Screen For Diseases - KFF Health News

Experts warn that Americans may be more vulnerable to pathogens carried by plants, animals, and people. Meanwhile, the CDC is ending a successful campaign designed to encourage people to receive the flu vaccine. In other news: Experts say the egg shortage will not affect flu vaccines; bird flu...

kffhealthnews.org

 

[MarathonMike]

If DOGE gutted the detection system for screw worms how did they figure out this cow had the parasite?

Because this retarded thread is total BS. Screw worms started spiking 3 years ago during Biden's Open Border madness.

 

[fncceo]

DOGE cuts were enacted last year that eliminated monitoring for the parasite at the border.

So NOW you're in favor of border control?

 

[Greenbeard]

So NOW you're in favor of border control?

DOGE has been a disaster.

 

[fncceo]

DOGE has been a disaster.

The ONLY disaster about DOGE is that it wasn't aggressively sustained.

Corruption in this country is on an industrial scale, it needs to be combated on an industrial scale.

 

[LeftofLeft]

We used to but that government function was DOGEd more than a year ago.

Administration Fires Border Health Inspectors Who Screen For Diseases - KFF Health News

Experts warn that Americans may be more vulnerable to pathogens carried by plants, animals, and people. Meanwhile, the CDC is ending a successful campaign designed to encourage people to receive the flu vaccine. In other news: Experts say the egg shortage will not affect flu vaccines; bird flu...

kffhealthnews.org

Ok, bring it back, monitor who is coming into the country and then cry racism when CBP and ICE enforces policy to keep them out. I don’t recall mandatory COVID vaccines for illegals. It was voluntary.