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Originally Posted by glatt
Apparently the good (or bad?) thing about the pig whip worm is that since humans aren't its normal host, it can't survive for more than a couple weeks in our guts, so you gave to keep re-ingesting them. I guess that's good because you don't want them taking your body over, but it would be nice if you could get the treatment and then be done with it.
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There's a chance that if this treatment is frequently used, we'll get a human-tolerant variant at some point.
Whether that will be good or bad is another question.