There is a tragedy of the commons problem as well: from massive over-use of the same antibiotics in farm animals. Antibiotic susceptibility is a asset of the co

There is a tragedy of the commons problem as well: from massive over-use of the same antibiotics in farm animals. Antibiotic susceptibility is a asset of the commons. And there are farmers who are incentivized to ruin it for everyone else. I would interpret this as roughly equivalent to the biomedical industry telling Congress they need to put the meat industry in its place. Stopping use of antibiotics in animal husbandry will raise the price of meats, decreasing the market for them. It seems that Congress is, by neglect, accepting some human deaths in exchange for cheap meat and a few animal husbandry jobs.