No More Walks on the beach for a while....

We were discussing parasites today in microbiology and I don't' think there will be any walks on the beach anytime soon. The thought of a hook worm larvae climbing into my IN TACT skin and crawling into the blood stream right into my gastrointestinal tract is enough to make me want to take some Mebendazole (an anthelmintic drug---an anti worm drug) and run! The tropics have their disadvantages: worms, mosquito vector infections, dirt in the water; however, I'm not sure it is safer up north as you are at a MUCH higher risk for Multiple Sclerosis if you live at a certain latitude north of the equator (I'm not sure if this is also true if you are the same distance latitude south of the equator). But, we also can't go too far south or we will be under the spot that isn't protected by the O zone. GEEEZE, there isn't anywhere safe. Pick your poison, we can't win!