The Truth About the "Screwworm Outbreak" and the U.S. Beef Industry's Rising Prices
There has been widespread fear and panic communicated by some media sources in recent weeks warning American consumers about a “flesh-eating screwworm” that is supposedly devastating cattle herds and driving up beef prices.
So let’s throw some truth on this narrative and look at some actual facts.
Fortunately, there have also been some good investigative reports on this subject that present what some of these actual facts are, but you usually have to search for them.
First, as of this month, June of 2026, there have allegedly been a total of six cases of New World screwworm (NWS) found in the U.S.
Yes, you read that correctly: 6 TOTAL CASES IN THE ENTIRE U.S.
From these very few cases of screwworm infection in the U.S., the government is doing what it usually does when there is some kind of “deadly disease breakout,” by putting into place a plan of action that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars which will then go into the U.S. economy to stop this “breakout.”
That means some people are going to suffer economic hardship (usually the American consumer first and foremost), while others will become rich from fighting the “breakout” and all the money the U.S. Government is going to spend.
