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The issue is that it needs to be a global solution. Just changing the rules in the US won't prevent them from being abused in other countries.
by cdmckay 10y ago
The issue is that it needs to be a global solution. Just changing the rules in the US won't prevent them from being abused in other countries.
- adventured 10y agoChina for example is by far the world's largest abuser of antibiotics [1]. The average person in China is taking ten times the amount of antibiotics annually that the average person in the US takes (and when you consider the number of people in question, it's that much more staggering). You're spot on, in that it's a dramatic challenge, figuring out how to convince a nation like China to tamp down on that given the scale involved (eg a billion people being commonly prescribed antibiotics for a normal cold). [1] http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103733,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103733,00...
- rwallace 10y agoOther countries have followed the American example with regard to lots of bad policies. They might very well follow it with regard to a good policy. At least trying would be much better than just throwing our hands in the air.
- manquer 10y agowell if the U.S. enforced food import restrictions on antibiotic feed farm food and visa restrictions, the rest of the world will quickly change its tune