▲ 329 ▼ Alternative medicine (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/40470051 The only reason I keep Facebook is for unhinged stuff like this
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (4 children) lol. Ivermectin is still being ingested by humans in 2026... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 months ago (3 children) Hey, it's a perfectly reasonable solution for humans suffering from parasites. Just because some idiots take it for other things doesn't reduce its usefulness as a drug for humans under specific conditions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 2 months ago (2 children) My personal theory is that a not insignificant number of the people who took it and felt better outside of normal disease progression curves just had worms too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Makes sense to me. I mean the odds that people that stupid are also riddled with parasites from ingesting shit crawling with parasites are pretty high. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago I thought my depression was getting the better of me for lie 8 months and it ended up just being anemia from whip worms. Honestly I would straight up expect taking an antiparasitic would make a lot of people feel better without them and I assume salt of the earth types have them even more than I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 months ago (3 children) Hey, it's a perfectly reasonable solution for humans suffering from parasites. Just because some idiots take it for other things doesn't reduce its usefulness as a drug for humans under specific conditions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 2 months ago (2 children) My personal theory is that a not insignificant number of the people who took it and felt better outside of normal disease progression curves just had worms too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Makes sense to me. I mean the odds that people that stupid are also riddled with parasites from ingesting shit crawling with parasites are pretty high. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago I thought my depression was getting the better of me for lie 8 months and it ended up just being anemia from whip worms. Honestly I would straight up expect taking an antiparasitic would make a lot of people feel better without them and I assume salt of the earth types have them even more than I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 2 months ago (2 children) My personal theory is that a not insignificant number of the people who took it and felt better outside of normal disease progression curves just had worms too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Makes sense to me. I mean the odds that people that stupid are also riddled with parasites from ingesting shit crawling with parasites are pretty high. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago I thought my depression was getting the better of me for lie 8 months and it ended up just being anemia from whip worms. Honestly I would straight up expect taking an antiparasitic would make a lot of people feel better without them and I assume salt of the earth types have them even more than I do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Makes sense to me. I mean the odds that people that stupid are also riddled with parasites from ingesting shit crawling with parasites are pretty high. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago I thought my depression was getting the better of me for lie 8 months and it ended up just being anemia from whip worms. Honestly I would straight up expect taking an antiparasitic would make a lot of people feel better without them and I assume salt of the earth types have them even more than I do. permalink fedilink source parent