Also note that at least 5 million people in the US (ie 1.5%) have parasites
Why wouldn’t doctors just tell everyone to take antiparasitic drugs every five years, if those are net-positive given a 1.5% chance of having a parasite?
I’m not sure but people seem pretty sensitive about it for some reason. Maybe this is some very very old-fashioned stigma.
well there is the story that certain worms lower risk of auto-immune disease. Parasites may downregulate overeager immune systems.
Why wouldn’t doctors just tell everyone to take antiparasitic drugs every five years, if those are net-positive given a 1.5% chance of having a parasite?
I’m not sure but people seem pretty sensitive about it for some reason. Maybe this is some very very old-fashioned stigma.
well there is the story that certain worms lower risk of auto-immune disease. Parasites may downregulate overeager immune systems.