| ▲ | jmye an hour ago | |
> The article is very clear that the issue arose in 2021 “Sometime around 2023, the barrier at Panama failed” And further text suggesting a fairly normal incursion in ‘21 that didn’t become a major issue until much later. > and over zealous COVID lockdowns “The disruption caused by COVID-19 seems to be partly to blame” I love when people insert hyper-inflammatory bullshit because they have a stupid axe to grind. There are like, 10 paragraphs of equally relevant contributors, but you picked out the two that make you angry and are pretending those are the “main causes”? Come the fuck on. | ||
| ▲ | consensus1 32 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
Doing it again: > during the pandemic livestock inspectors were forced to stay home, vehicles broke down and couldn’t be repaired due to a lack of replacement parts You can be pedantic about the exact start time, but the initial outbreak was detected in 2021, the barrier breach became clear in 2022 and was widely spread by 2023. In any case this had nothing whatsoever to do with budget cuts in 2025. | ||