"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

Thankfully, this is a rodent botfly, and humans are primates, not rodents, so these flies would be highly unlikely to infect us. Though extremely rare, accidental cases have been reported.

It should be noted that the human botfly, which lives between southern Mexico and Uruguay, is, at least in the opinion of this non-expert, pretty gross. As the name suggests, it’s known for infesting ...