'Devastating' Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Spreading Toward The US, CDC Warns

https://www.sciencealert.com/devastating-flesh-eating-parasite-is-spreading-toward-the-us-cdc-warns

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bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml · 100 pts · 214d (1 reply)

We'd been keeping them at bay for decades at the isthmus, if memory serves? Then a bunch of, ahem, "budget cuts" prevented keeping it up and they spread like wildfire

Edit: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 54 pts · 214d

Yeah, DOGE was like "What is this? These stupid liberals are farming nuclear parasites! That must be fraud, waste, and abuse. Let's cut its funding."

RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 82 pts · 214d (8 replies)

Ironically one of the drugs that prevents this is ivermectin.

TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 214d (6 replies)

Bet you a fiver that since it’s actually for that purpose the MAGAts fight against it.

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 214d (2 replies)

"It's a liberal plot to use up all the ivermectin before bird flu breaks out! Which is... uh... another liberal plot. But that's beside the point!"

TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 214d (1 reply)

"Godang Biden bringin' dem Kung Flu over 'ere wif dem godang Libtard policies. Now dem Maxicans fighting our ICE heroes with some godang flesh eating wurms. BARB!! Bring me ma godang UV enema and I'll fry this suckers just like I did with der godang CHY-NAH virus! No lube cuz mama didn' raise no godang bitch and I kinda like the way it tears my asshole a lil."

fartographer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 214d

As a Texan, this was very easy to read

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 7 pts · 214d (1 reply)

Until they're affected.

Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 214d

Nah they willing self administered that neurotoxin instead of getting a simple vaccine. We've been through this already. They're against anything they're told is good for them.

murmelade@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 214d
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9point6@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 214d (2 replies)

Ah, so the worm in RFK's head has been playing the long game

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 214d

Maybe he'll let its friends move in and finish the job.

diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d

Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club · 33 pts · 214d

It's the screwworm.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 214d

Screwworms, which are a fly larva and incredibly painful...

zabadoh@ani.social · 28 pts · 214d

Cattle ranchers, have the day you voted for...

TIN@feddit.uk · 26 pts · 214d (3 replies)

The CDC still exist?

Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 214d

Rebranded as “Center for Disease Creation”.

engywook@programming.dev · 9 pts · 214d

One of those, "Everyone's fired. Oh wait, shit, come back to work!", situations that seem to be gaining in popularity recently

FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 214d

The don't need the CDC, just tell ICE they are illegals.

bagsy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 214d (1 reply)

So wierd that flesh eating parasite is the least troubling headline today.

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 214d

not for me...

Flesh eating worms! Coming to a neighbouring country near you soon!

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 214d (1 reply)

Ya see, Trump is woke and is waging a war on cattle farming as a secret agent of the Vegans and Climate activists. Cattle methane emissions are going way down and diets will have less meat.

Sims@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 214d

Damn, I got it all wrong ! Thanks anyway :-/

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 10 pts · 214d
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MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 214d

Is it weird that I'm cheering for a flesh-eating parasite?

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 214d

Don't worry, it's just texas 🤷‍♀️ the cowboys can handle it with their guns, I guess /s

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 214d

Oh boy, and you've got RFK Jr on the case.

Sims@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 214d (2 replies)

They may already have drilled into the brains of US plutocracy/leadership class ! Please keep an eye on any odd behavior from them lately..

Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 214d

notso@feddit.org · 3 pts · 214d

"We mean you no harm. We seek peaceful coexistence!"

https://youtu.be/awLZTy9OoN0

billwashere@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 214d

I hear those pair nicely with the brain eating ones.

Abundance114@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 214d

LLM warning for those who are triggerable.

Broad Definition of "Wound": The fly doesn't need a major injury. It can lay eggs in something as tiny as a tick bite, a mosquito bite, a small scratch, or a shaving cut.

Natural Openings: The fly will lay eggs in or near the nose, mouth, eyes, ears, and genitals. In these cases, no "wound" is necessary; the larvae hatch and burrow directly into the moist tissue of the orifice.

Kind and of scary, just wake up one day and feel something nomming away inside your eyelid.

Little8Lost@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 214d

Oh no