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by WhompingWindows 1681 days ago
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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10% is a token number for argument's sake, not any rate based on reality
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

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%
3.7/329.5 != 10%
Haha, math fail.