We have the first confirmed detection of new world screwworm in Texas since the 1960s.
The Trump administration allowed Elon Musk and DOGE to fire experts at USDA tasked with fighting and preventing precisely these kinds of outbreaks.
This is a massive threat to animals and your pocketbook.
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Ashish K. Jha
@ashishkjha
Given that we knew last year that this horrible disease was marching north towards the US,
I'm not sure I would have cut funding @USDA for animal disease control and prevention, including New World screwworm work, and pushed out staff with animal-disease expertise x.com/nbcnews/status…