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by snowwrestler 4 days ago
Tariffs would not stop the screw worm, which lives half of its life as a winged fly.
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A fly that naturally spreads one mile per day does not travel from Panama to Texas in four years.
365*4=1420

Distance from Panama to Texas is like 1700 miles.

It's not a large difference, wouldn't need much unnatural transport.

Maybe it came by a faster method.