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Well, at least the parasite endemic among humans sure is in decline now

• DoreenMichele 5y ago
  Or, alternately, the incidence of drug-resistant parasitic infections is on the upswing due to misuse of the drug.
  • radu_floricica 5y ago
    It would be polite to come with sources or arguments for this, especially in this conversation. Occam says that taking an anti-parasitic drug will lead to less parasites. You can't just put second order effects on the table and claim it's a coin toss.
    • DoreenMichele 5y ago
      Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami), also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae), is the problem-solving principle that "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity",sometimes inaccurately paraphrased as "the simplest explanation is usually the best one." Similarly, in science, Occam's razor is used as an abductive heuristic in the development of theoretical models rather than as a rigorous arbiter between candidate models.[5][6] In the scientific method, Occam's razor is not considered an irrefutable principle of logic or a scientific result; the preference for simplicity in the scientific method is based on the falsifiability criterion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor Coincidentally: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29250580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29250580
  • h2odragon 5y ago
    I've read of growing Ivermectin resistance in some kinds of worms but not they kinds that were well targeted by it in the first place, just the ones that had good survival rates already. No citations, sorry; this was reading i did years ago. Might find references in tapeworm treatment discussion.