The System Failure That Turned a Jungle into a Flesh-Eating Corridor
The screwworm outbreak in Mexico isn’t a freak accident — it’s a systems failure. A sterile insect program was quietly dismantled during the pandemic while mass migration through the Darien Gap created a corridor for the parasite to reach humans. The real emergency didn’t begin with the worms; it began when routine prevention stopped. This is a warning about what happens when we confuse crisis response with long-term health security.