Polymarket Screwworm National Emergency declared odds
On Polymarket, the busiest line, October 31, is at 5%. The market settles by Dec 31, 2026, and $512 traded in the last 24 hours. Each contract pays $1 if it is right, so 5¢ reads as a 5% chance.
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This market will resolve to “Yes” if either the United States federal government formally declares a national emergency, an extraordinary emergency, or uses another emergency authority to declare a national crisis in response to a screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) outbreak in U.S. livestock by the specified date at 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
Statements, speeches, social media posts, draft orders, executive orders that do not formally declare an emergency will not qualify.
Renewals or extensions of previously existing national emergencies will not qualify unless the text is materially modified to explicitly relate to screwworm.
The primary resolution source will be the Federal Register and official publications of the White House, Department of Agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture, or other federal departments or agencies, however a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Scheduled resolution: Oct 31, 2026.
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What are the Polymarket odds on Screwworm National Emergency declared?
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