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Are worms really that common?

• Pigalowda 5y ago
  In undeveloped countries. Ascariasis: 800- 1.2 billion worldwide https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/ascariasis/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/ascariasis/index.html Strongyloides: 100 million https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/strongyloides/epi.html https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/strongyloides/epi.html Cystercicosis: 50-100 million https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25296005/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25296005/
  • xupybd 5y ago
    Well that's another sad fact about the developing world. It sounds like treating underlying heath problems before getting COVID is a good idea in the developing world.
    • ncmncm 5y ago
      Treating underlying health problems exceeded their resources, many places, even before COVID. COVID has not made it easier.
• marcodiego 5y ago
  Yes. In Brazil specially.
• mschuster91 5y ago
  Yes, particularly in India [1], and other countries with widespread poverty. Given that, it's not surprising that the promising Ivermectin studies came out of such countries - most Western researchers at the time simply didn't know, think or care about parasite prevalence as an explanation and the general public has even less knowledge as parasitic infections are incredibly rare in developed countries. And by the time it became clear, too many people already had jumped on the hype train. [1]: https://ciff.org/news/worms-india-scale-and-success-world-leading-deworming-programme/ https://ciff.org/news/worms-india-scale-and-success-world-le...