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by brendoelfrendo 9 hours ago
That aid money went, in part, to preventing the spread of screwworms in Central America. As of 2024, the flies were mostly eradicated in Mexico and efforts were on-going in Panama to wipe them out down to the Darien Gap. In less than 2 years we've gone from them being almost entirely eradicated in North America to infections observed in the United States.
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It didn’t happen in less than 2 years. The problem started at least in 2020, and likely long before that.