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by felideon 1610 days ago
Developing countries do have a higher prevalence of worms[1], as Scott Alexander discusses in his post[2] on the subject.

[1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20587392209599...

[2] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-t...

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My point is that the claims in these studies are held to high standards by detractors, but when it comes to the critiques, just saying "developing countries have high prevalence of worms" is nowhere near that standard.