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This is fascinating, I didn't know that data about antibiotic resistance was available like this, and definitely had no idea there was such huge variation betwe
by J-dawg 7y ago
This is fascinating, I didn't know that data about antibiotic resistance was available like this, and definitely had no idea there was such huge variation between countries.
Surely this should be considered a major public health emergency in itself?
Are the countries with high percentages taking steps to limit antibiotic use? Coming from the UK the idea of letting people buy antibiotics as easily as painkillers seems crazy.
And what the hell is going on in Greece!?
- tw202003131459 7y ago> Surely this should be considered a major public health emergency in itself? Indeed. There's an episode of Sam Harris's podcast with Matt MCarthy from last summer. The episode title is The Plague Years, and they go into quite a bit of detail on this sort of thing and ruminate about how low on the radar it is for most people (if it even registers at all), despite the seriousness of the situation.