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'Devastating' Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Spreading Toward The US, CDC Warns (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 84 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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 41 points 2 days ago

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."