Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

Re:Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by WhompingWindows on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:36AM (#29253521)

I think you should clarify that Ivermectin works better in higher-worm-prevalence areas. It's not remotely true that 10% of Americans have undetected worms. The praised study in the post highlights 12.5% as "high" prevalence, so 10% would be nearly high -- not true in the developed world.

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Re:Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by Joking_Phantom on Monday November 22, 2021 @08:18PM (#29313568)

10% is a token number for argument's sake, not any rate based on reality

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Re:Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by naasking on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @12:51PM (#29256336)

According to the CDC, 3.7 million people in the US are infected with Trichomoniasis. That's at least 10%.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0508-npi.html

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Re:Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by Jefenry on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:17PM (#29256699)

I think you missed a decimal place. There's very nearly 333 million people in the US, so 3.7 million infected is 1.1%

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Re:Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by blitzar on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:05PM (#29256522)

3.7/329.5 != 10%

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Re:Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by naasking on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:13PM (#29256641)

Haha, math fail.

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