I like going barefoot a lot. Maybe I ought to get some moccasins so I can feel the ground but still be shod. But I'll still run around barefoot on nice days though. It's not so risky here 'cause there isn't open sewage around me. Anyway, shoes won't cut it for those people, if a storm can turn the trailer park into a swamp and mix the sewage around. Everyone needs waders (or actual sewers).I know two people who do walk barefoot everywhere they go and I have told them "That's literally a way to catch worms" and they don't care.
I totally agree with you here. The conditions the people in the article are living in are awful and need to be fixed ASAP. Though if I had to guess, those were probably on the extreme. What I was trying to illustrate though, was that worms are a bit more nuanced than open sewage. If I were a betting man though (and I'm not, but oh man if I put money on the Packers V. Steelers Superbowl, Mayweather v. Pacquiao Fight, and a few other sports events, I'd have a day), I'd say that most cases of worms in the United States just happen because of poor health care practices, both in parts of individuals' lack of knowledge/concern as well as because of how the medical industry is set up. Edit: Also, mocassins sound awesome. I've seen these shoes shaped like feet and asked someone about them and they said they were comfortable as heck.Anyway, shoes won't cut it for those people, if a storm can turn the trailer park into a swamp and mix the sewage around. Everyone needs waders (or actual sewers).
I don't think worms are much more nuanced than sanitation -- I think even with good health care practices a number cases would happen, given their living conditions. The abstract linked in the article says Lowndes County was chosen specifically because of previous hookworm problems, high poverty, and bad sewage management. My takeaway was that we have people in our country living with 3rd world sewage sanitation, and 1/3 of the people tested have hookworm because of it. I agree with your points, I just wanted to defend going barefoot a bit.