Ironically, It does work in this case. Ivermectin is an antiparasitic, not just a dewormer. It kills screwworm larvae and is being authorized as a treatment for real here.
Just another "what are the writers going to think of next" element to throw into this crazy timeline.
Yeah, because we had this shit under control. Human infections were much more common before screwworm was being tracked, the US was releasing sterile flies, and the US realized that flies don’t give a shit about your borders, so you need to treat all of North America.
man this is so annoying. actions like these there is no getting back to where we were. Stopping the vaccinations down south is a genie we can't get back into the bottle.
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34 Comments
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 106 pts · 74d
Unfortunately, the emergency response team was fired in February.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 42 pts · 74d
Yeah. With this budget it's two guys waving a placard on the on-ramp.
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 21 pts · 74d
But you can sleep soundly knowing that your taxes are $0.50
lessmore this year.lennybird@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 74d
Ah they're just nostalgic for when they threw out the pandemic response plan Obama made prior to covid.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 74d
rfk jr only wants the worms to invade.
kylie_kraft@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 74d
I honestly didn't think we had a CDC anymore
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 57 pts · 74d
It’s just one guy with a bucket of horse paste and unpasteurized milk.
Dultas@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 74d
The horse paste is dewormer right. So it has to work /s
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 27 pts · 74d
Ironically, It does work in this case. Ivermectin is an antiparasitic, not just a dewormer. It kills screwworm larvae and is being authorized as a treatment for real here.
Just another "what are the writers going to think of next" element to throw into this crazy timeline.
mlg@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 74d
Its gonna be a 180 on Ivermectin and they'll switch to bleach lol
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 9 pts · 74d
Maybe we can convince them that COVID vaccination does the trick.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 74d
probably slow the spread but it likely wont stop it in its tracks. since they dont have a sterile fly facility up and running yet.
rayyy@piefed.social · 1 pts · 74d
Gunna git me a barrel of the stuf at tractor supply. Jist in case.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 73d
it still exist, so rfk jr can peddle pseudoscience/alternative care to children, whom he has an obsession with.
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 74d
The name "screwworm" is really offensive. He's a member of the Kennedy family, after all.
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 74d
It's more of a descriptive as in
We are screwed
fullsquare@awful.systems · 48 pts · 74d
oh now it's emergency, not when the working containment plan was shitcanned and failed shortly after
CatZoomies@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 74d
Measles are back, screw worm is back, just like the conservatives promised, we're back to how things were in the 1950s
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 20 pts · 74d
We still have a CDC?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 74d
Yes, but they now serve fried chicken.
Zink@programming.dev · 4 pts · 74d
We finally have the Centers for Delicious Chicken?
massacre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 74d
11 herbs and ground racoon penis powders!
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 74d
Yeah, because we had this shit under control. Human infections were much more common before screwworm was being tracked, the US was releasing sterile flies, and the US realized that flies don’t give a shit about your borders, so you need to treat all of North America.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 74d
Feed Elon to the worms
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 74d
Trump Worms
nullspace@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 74d
This was preventable, but US healthcare is only reactionary.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · -2 pts · 73d
i dont think this involves humans, only other animals.
frunch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 74d
Know what'll fix this? More tariffs
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 74d
Did you say bring back DOGE and BigBalls?
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 74d
Has RFKjr told the CDC that they need to promote Ivermectin as a treatment for screwworms?
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 74d
Oh no, what are we going to do with the consequences of our choices? Screw it...
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 73d
man this is so annoying. actions like these there is no getting back to where we were. Stopping the vaccinations down south is a genie we can't get back into the bottle.
qaz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 73d
Didn't DOGE cut the budget to control these things?
mgrecca2026@lemmy.zip · -8 pts · 74d
OpenStars@piefed.social · 12 pts · 74d
Welcome new person! The downvotes your comment is getting is likely bc you left off the /s - we've become so used to dealing with right-wing sources that would say such a comment unironically that most of us here on the Threadiverse no longer offer the benefit of the doubt and instead treat it at face value by default. You'll get more traction if you remember to include it!:-)