# Screwworm Outbreak

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Podcast: [The Peter Zeihan Podcast Series](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-zeihan-podcast-series-5965677)
Published: 2026-06-17T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/zeihan/2901504
Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/180325/2901504/zeihan/2026_06_09_19_40_57_c4c78efc-9c4a-402d-bde0-a2e736af9e21.mp3
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Duration seconds: 455

## Resource

The return of the New World screwworm is threatening the U.S. cattle industry, especially in Texas. Typically, this would have been detected early on by agricultural monitoring and disease-detection programs, but those are now gone due to cuts made by the Trump Administration. Join the Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/PeterZeihan Full Newsletter: https://bit.ly/4vDUcyr

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