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But they don't explain why, and warnings are overdone due to litigation fears, so people will often use their own judgment, and without understanding the concep

But they don't explain why, and warnings are overdone due to litigation fears, so people will often use their own judgment, and without understanding the concept behind why, they may choose unwisely. "Take all of the prescribed medication" : "They're just greedy and want to make me buy more" vs. "Take all or you'll breed antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cannot be treated and you will die and kill the human race" : "I better follow this prescription"

caf 10y ago
If you're the sort to believe it's just a conspiracy to make you buy unnecessary quantities of drugs, then why wouldn't you also presume that the story about antibiotic-resistant bacteria is also part of the conspiracy?
- mrob 10y ago
  "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is a well known saying. It makes sense that it would apply to bacteria.
  - Kristine1975 10y ago
    >"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is a well known saying. It's from Friedrich Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols": "What does not kill me, makes me stronger."
    - TeMPOraL 10y ago
      I didn't know that, thanks. Also, most people don't know that either. Today it's just a saying, that's been repeated by people for decades.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Because the scale isn't binary here - you don't have only a) people who blindly trust doctors, and b) people who are conspiracy nuts. Both of them are wrong, btw. Pharma companies are greedy and they do everything they can to make you spend more. Doctors are influenced by them, often very subtly. That is a fact, not a conspiracy. But the fact also is, that doctors save lives and most have noble intentions (despite the meat grinder medical career is). One needs to learn what information belongs more to "greedy companies" category, and what belongs to "life saving science" category. It's no surprise people get confused about this - and that's why you absolutely need to explain to them why they need to finish antibiotics treatments.

caf 10y ago

If you're the sort to believe it's just a conspiracy to make you buy unnecessary quantities of drugs, then why wouldn't you also presume that the story about antibiotic-resistant bacteria is also part of the conspiracy?

mrob 10y ago
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is a well known saying. It makes sense that it would apply to bacteria.
- Kristine1975 10y ago
  >"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is a well known saying. It's from Friedrich Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols": "What does not kill me, makes me stronger."
  - TeMPOraL 10y ago
    I didn't know that, thanks. Also, most people don't know that either. Today it's just a saying, that's been repeated by people for decades.
TeMPOraL 10y ago
Because the scale isn't binary here - you don't have only a) people who blindly trust doctors, and b) people who are conspiracy nuts. Both of them are wrong, btw. Pharma companies are greedy and they do everything they can to make you spend more. Doctors are influenced by them, often very subtly. That is a fact, not a conspiracy. But the fact also is, that doctors save lives and most have noble intentions (despite the meat grinder medical career is). One needs to learn what information belongs more to "greedy companies" category, and what belongs to "life saving science" category. It's no surprise people get confused about this - and that's why you absolutely need to explain to them why they need to finish antibiotics treatments.