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Great news, although I suspect the Save the Guinea Worm Foundation may not agree with me: http://www.deadlysins.com/guinea-worm/ http://www.deadlysins.com/guine

• Kenji 10y ago
  Haha, that's kinda cute. Does the author of this piece volunteer as a host for the worms?
  • tim333 10y ago
    >There is no vaccine for Guinea worm, because the parasite induces no immune response. The lack of immune response could be interesting to investigate scientifically for designing implants. I'm sure the Save the Guinea Worm guy would be delighted to play host as you suggest.
    • ufo 10y ago
      More importantly than implants, a better understanding of the immune response against worms would help the development of vaccines. There are other parasitic worms out there, such as schistossoma, that we are nowhere near from erradicating and for which a vaccine would help tremendously. However, researchers unfortunately do not get much funding to study these neglected tropical diseases...
• GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
  Christ, what an asshole.
  • ufo 10y ago
    Its satire :)
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• BearOso 10y ago
  The reference to Swift at the bottom suggests this is satire.
  • toomanybeersies 10y ago
    Upon further investigation of the man's twitter and blog, I'd be inclined to agree with you.
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• themartorana 10y ago
  I imagine the backlash against trying to eradicate mosquitos - the disappearance of which had all but proven to have a minuscule (if at all measurable) impact on the planet, and would save an insane number of human lives - as being thunderous. So it's cute that there's someone pulling for the Guinea Worm - even if it is satirical.
• LeifCarrotson 10y ago
  It would be a great business card to be an agent of the Guinea Worm Destruction Cartel.