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I don't think giving antibiotics after surgery as a rule is a modern invention.

• connicpu 7y ago
  Using dirty tools isn't a new thing either
• bumby 7y ago
  According to The Checklist Manifesto, antibiotics should routinely be administered just before surgery for this reason and has shown large reduction in mortality rates
• brianpgordon 7y ago
  Are you saying that after-surgery antibiotics can't be a cause of antibiotic resistance because we've been giving antibiotics for a long time? It takes on the order of decades for antibiotic resistance to be selected for enough that it becomes a problem. And the first antibiotic wasn't even discovered yet a hundred years ago.
  • copperx 7y ago
    Even if post-surgery antibiotics were the prime contributor to antibiotic resistance, arguing against the practice is disingenuous because there is no viable alternative.