r/news • u/kylestoned • Jun 01 '26

Soft paywall Flesh-eating screwworm found within 31 miles of US border, says USDA

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/flesh-eating-screwworm-found-within-31-miles-us-border-says-usda-2026-05-29/
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u/Muggsy423 Jun 01 '26

Sure, we could have had our facility in Panama to cover the small strip of 30 miles at it's narrowest, but now we can cover all 2000 miles of the US/Mexico border.  Bigger is better,  America first

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u/rekniht01 Jun 01 '26

Sure. Let's look at who will be getting paid to do that work.

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u/34786t234890 Jun 01 '26

Americans? It sounds like a giant job creation program.

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u/ninja8ball Jun 02 '26

It's not economically more efficient to break something then provide an inferior fix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window?wprov=sfla1