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I thought we were supposed to be encouraging gut flora and fauna, and that deworming and antibiotics was causing all sorts of allergies and disorders.

I mean, faecal transplants are a thing now.

As a species, we spend trillions of dollars a year on armaments and the machinery of war, and can't even definitively answer simple questions about our own bodies. What a disappointment we are.




There is a drug called ivermectin that will kill all invertebrate without harming gut bacteria. I'm not sure what gave you the idea [ ... assumption] that treatment against invertebrate parasites automatically is detrimental to our gut biome. And I definitely don't follow your logic towards the end, but have a look at ivermectin it is a hell of a drug.


Ivermectin is known to have a negative impact on biodiversity: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489...


Consider the fact that it obliterates any and all invertebrate it encounters, of course that is going to lower lower biodiversity.


I agree. Not only does it negatively affect human gut flora and fauna, but the deworming agents have a negative effect in nature especially on certain flies and beetles when administered to live stock. Instead of focusing on medication, I think there is a ton we can do by being more mindful about what we eat and how we prepare our food.




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