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Links to whatever you're reading that gives you that confidence/understanding? The media has me pretty convinced that we're on the brink of a modern medicine fa
by goostavos 8y ago
Links to whatever you're reading that gives you that confidence/understanding? The media has me pretty convinced that we're on the brink of a modern medicine failure
- refurb 8y agoGood place to start: https://resistancemap.cddep.org/AntibioticResistance.php https://resistancemap.cddep.org/AntibioticResistance.php Three out of the six tracked antibiotic have decreasing resistance rates (aminopenicillins, amoxicillin, piperacillin). The last two are front-line antibiotics that have been around for decades. They still work for most infections. It's not evident from these graphs, but prior predictions were rates were going to drastically increase over the past decade. That hasn't born out. Not saying this isn't a public health concern, but it's also not antibiotic armageddon.
- philjohn 8y agoIf anything, the Armageddon scenarios that the media like to play out (which are utterly terrifying - an end to routine surgery, cutting yourself gardening potentially being fatal etc.) could have caused a shift in the "I'm ill, give me antibiotics", so in that way, has been just as useful as other controls put in place.
- goldfeld 8y agoBig money generally wants to instill fear in you to sell you peace of mind, so..