If I dig in my garden and get pinworm eggs on my hands, then get them in my mouth, I will later have pinworms crawling out my anus before dawn to deposit their eggs and make it itch.
If I take an appropriate antihelmintic medicine (like previously-cheap mebendazole), then the pinworms will die, but their eggs might still hatch in me and I…
If I dig in my garden and get pinworm eggs on my hands, then get them in my mouth, I will later have pinworms crawling out my anus before dawn to deposit their eggs and make it itch.
If I take an appropriate antihelmintic medicine (like previously-cheap mebendazole), then the pinworms will die, but their eggs might still hatch in me and I might need to take more.
The Germ Theory of Disease was proven during the US Civil War, when surgeons who washed their hands had 2-3 times better survival of their wounded patients than those who did not, and similarly with doctors who washed their hands between performing autopsies and delivering babies.
The Germ Theory of Disease is imperfect, like all theories of everything, but it sure does work out usefully.
If I dig in my garden and get pinworm eggs on my hands, then get them in my mouth, I will later have pinworms crawling out my anus before dawn to deposit their eggs and make it itch.
If I take an appropriate antihelmintic medicine (like previously-cheap mebendazole), then the pinworms will die, but their eggs might still hatch in me and I might need to take more.
The Germ Theory of Disease was proven during the US Civil War, when surgeons who washed their hands had 2-3 times better survival of their wounded patients than those who did not, and similarly with doctors who washed their hands between performing autopsies and delivering babies.
The Germ Theory of Disease is imperfect, like all theories of everything, but it sure does work out usefully.
:-)
You have a really therapeutic sense of humor, Brother John! :) Thank you. And I agree, imperfect but accounts for a part of what's going on!