Parasites: The Cause of All Disease?

Well, we made a big mistake, and we’ve been paying the price for over a hundred years. What mistake is that? We essentially replaced parasitology with virology. We have been focusing on the germs and the viruses, and completely ignoring parasites in general. I guess we just tilt our nose up in the air, and mutter under our breath with our teeth shifted forward “Parasites are only a problem in third-world countries.” You sure about that Doc? How would you know? In the US of A, parasitology -according to a 2001 study I found on PubMed- is not a required course in OVER HALF of the 41 US medical schools they looked at. On top of that over a third of these schools don’t even offer the class. And that’s the thing, it’s just a class, usually about 12 hours, compared to all the…