Greg Abbott: “The screw worm typically comes from South America, makes its…”

“To begin to address this, a few weeks ago, I announced the Texas New World Screwworm Response Team, who've been working on strategies to better address this at the state level. The reality is this is a national and international issue. The screw worm typically comes from South America, makes its way up through Central America into Mexico. Before reaching Texas, it has gone through all of those geographic regions and now is in southern part of Mexico and is nearing Texas. And we are going to face these dire economic consequences.” (02:56–03:05)

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