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... leaving only the hardiest survivors, who now replicate in no time, now with resistance.
by masonic 7y ago
... leaving only the hardiest survivors, who now replicate in no time, now with resistance.
- aarongolliver 7y agothey don't have resistance
- masonic 7y agoOf course bacteria have resistance. Bacteria mutate, some random mutation will be resistant to a given antibiotic, and that new strain will propagate and dominate. Lots of people fall to understand that, which is why we have antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea in the wild now.
- aarongolliver 7y agoHand sanitizers use alcohol, not the same thing as a "prescription" antibiotic. The same resistance arguments do not really apply the same way.
- masonic 7y agoMany use triclosan, which was even legal in the US until last year, so a lot of it is still in consumer hands.