Because your analogy lacked this fundamental problem Silvanus has with DOGE. Removing the program is only half the problem. You also have do nothing to replace the program. Rawlins is the smartest person in this adminstration and she fucked it up. They did not take the threat seriously because it was under control due to the program dealing with threats before 2025.
I can only conclude you've read literally none of the exchange between me and Silvanus.
There is an international organization (COPEG) dedicated to this specific thing.
The US part of combatting screwworms comes mostly through the USDA, not USAID. There are other agencies involved as well.
Both these things have been accelerating their work since at least 2024. The USDA screwworm team increased ten-fold.
The USAID part of this equation was very small, we are talking about what was included in bulk grants to the FAO, the UN's agriculture group. FAO a little over a week ago just announced a program to fight the screwworms with a 5-year budget of $1,000,000. That's $200k a year, and that's their surge funding to create a new program for this issue. The amount they spent previously was presumedly even less. As best I could find, the USDA's annual line-item for COPEG floats around $20 million, and $105 million was granted in 2024 to fund new sterile fly facilities in the US and Mexico. When my analogy suggested <1 percent of the solution was cut off, it was not an exaggeration. The money going through USAID to FAO that was ultimately dedicated to screwworm in the Americas was likely close to one person's salary. The USDA efforts are tens to hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
