Who’s To Blame for Screwworm’s Return to the U.S.?

Democrats and Republicans are pointing fingers at each other, but the truth is murkier.

By: Seth Millstein

Outlets: Sentient Sentient Media

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 1,517

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Earlier this month, the parasitic New World screwworm was detected in U.S. cattle for the first time since 1982. Since then, Democrats and Republicans have been pointing fingers, with politicians in each camp blaming the others’ policies for the screwworm’s reemergence. Is either side right, and if so, which one?

The truth is that we don’t know, at least not entirely. The series of events that resulted in screwworm landing on a cow in the …

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