As a wildlife professional with training on the avoidance of zoonotic diseases, I must share my thoughts on the prescriptions endorsed here. Baylisascaris procyonis cannot be acquired if one only follows Rule #1- simply expressed "Don't eat shit!" In practice that means keep your fingers out of your mouth unless you have just washed your hands really well. Always! The infective form of Baylisascaris cannot burrow into your skin, you have to ingest the eggs. Training yourself not to stick your fingers in your mouth will also spare encounters with all sorts of other nasty pathogens, without resorting to a scorched earth environment. Then, of course avoid contact with Raccoons, just as one respects all wildlife. "Eliminating all water sources" will discourage, if not kill, all sorts of life forms that cause no harm and have as much right to live on Earth as we humans do. Take joy in watching-
As a wildlife professional with training on the avoidance of zoonotic diseases, I must share my thoughts on the prescriptions endorsed here. Baylisascaris procyonis cannot be acquired if one only follows Rule #1- simply expressed "Don't eat shit!" In practice that means keep your fingers out of your mouth unless you have just washed your hands really well. Always! The infective form of Baylisascaris cannot burrow into your skin, you have to ingest the eggs. Training yourself not to stick your fingers in your mouth will also spare encounters with all sorts of other nasty pathogens, without resorting to a scorched earth environment. Then, of course avoid contact with Raccoons, just as one respects all wildlife. "Eliminating all water sources" will discourage, if not kill, all sorts of life forms that cause no harm and have as much right to live on Earth as we humans do. Take joy in watching-