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minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·24 days agoPeople don’t get checked for worms regularly because they are effectively extinct in western societies. They have an extremely hard time coping with waste treatment.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·24 days agoI used to get worms fairly frequently as a kid. I think it’s wearing shoes that make a real difference.
minus-squareanemoia_one@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·23 days agoTIL worms can be soil-transmitted http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/hookworm-disease-in-mississippi%3A-the-importance-of-wearing-shoes Gross
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·23 days agoYou know how a bunch of rural types swore up and down about how ivermectin made them feel better when they had COVID?
minus-squareWalk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoHow does that even happen??? Spend a lot of time licking your feet?
People don’t get checked for worms regularly because they are effectively extinct in western societies. They have an extremely hard time coping with waste treatment.
I used to get worms fairly frequently as a kid. I think it’s wearing shoes that make a real difference.
TIL worms can be soil-transmitted
http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/hookworm-disease-in-mississippi%3A-the-importance-of-wearing-shoes
Gross
You know how a bunch of rural types swore up and down about how ivermectin made them feel better when they had COVID?
How does that even happen??? Spend a lot of time licking your feet?