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I'm surprised that even antibiotics are considered one of two "magic bullets" (the other being insulin, which does seem close to a perfect solution). I encoura
by disqard 7y ago
I'm surprised that even antibiotics are considered one of two "magic bullets" (the other being insulin, which does seem close to a perfect solution).
I encourage those interested in the pernicious aspegts of humanity's overuse of antibiotics to read this interview with Stephen Buhner [0]
[0] https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/468/living-medicine https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/468/living-medicine
- afthonos 7y agoOveruse happens precisely because they are so good at what they do. Moreover, at a first approximation, overuse results simply in a return to a previous state of no good defense against newly-resistant bugs. So in the worst case scenario, antibiotics bought us a century of better health; that’s pretty magical.