The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot.
That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government’s plans for protecting the U.S. from a bug that could devastate its beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill household pets. This weird science has worked well before.
Carnists would rather breed the next plague and cover the planet in flies than stop torturing and murdering animals. It’s a great plot for a horror movie except in real life.
There was political concern about giving USA access to the airspace in South America, which is why they stopped in Panama. Here is Kurzgesagt’s video on the subject.
How Nuclear Flies Protect You from Flesh-Eating Parasites
Political concerns that could have been solved by just providing financial aid and sharing the information, equipment and expertise with the other countries involved