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At the cost of killing those infected by antibiotic resistant strains now.

• Retric 8y ago
  Few people die just due to antibiotic resistant bacteria. Generally someone’s immune system is compromised from something like cancer before they are at risk of death. And at that point it’t a race to find what’s going to finish the job.
  • jakobegger 8y ago
    Are there actually pathogens that are resistant against all antibiotics? I assumed that the problem with multi-resistant pathogens was that the patient may not live long enough to try all antibiotics.
    • charleslmunger 8y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_drug-resistant_tuberculosis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_drug-resistant_tuber... But over time it's going to get worse and worse.