☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agoDeadly cattle screwworm parasite found in US patient. What to know.www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkDeadly cattle screwworm parasite found in US patient. What to know.www.usatoday.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 days agoIsn’t this almost entirely a risk for producers, not the consumers? The article says nothing about how the patient was infected.
minus-squareFeinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 days agoPatient was likely infected via traditional route - small cut that a fly laid eggs in.
minus-squareOmegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoAbsolutely horrifying that these could make a resurgence
minus-squareFeinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 days agoHell yeah it is. I’m spitting distance from Mexico. I don’t eat beef, but the fly dont give a fuck what I eat, I’ll do fine in a pinch I reckon.
minus-squareOmegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoUgh theres not even like a medication to take or rub on the spot where they’ve gotten in, it has to be manually removed! Good reason to keep any fresh wounds covered
minus-squareFeinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agooh boy wait till you hear what the fkn cure is. Horse paste.
minus-squareOmegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agolol well at least that actually makes sense, even if its technically still an off-label use
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agofeeling like you should give a shit about the workers on this here forum chapo.chat
Isn’t this almost entirely a risk for producers, not the consumers? The article says nothing about how the patient was infected.
Patient was likely infected via traditional route - small cut that a fly laid eggs in.
Absolutely horrifying that these could make a resurgence
Hell yeah it is. I’m spitting distance from Mexico. I don’t eat beef, but the fly dont give a fuck what I eat, I’ll do fine in a pinch I reckon.
Ugh theres not even like a medication to take or rub on the spot where they’ve gotten in, it has to be manually removed! Good reason to keep any fresh wounds covered
oh boy wait till you hear what the fkn cure is.
Horse paste.
lol well at least that actually makes sense, even if its technically still an off-label use
feeling like you should give a shit about the workers on this here forum chapo.chat