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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 o
by 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 agoEven if post-surgery antibiotics were the prime contributor to antibiotic resistance, arguing against the practice is disingenuous because there is no viable alternative.