The real question from my perspective is why the pharmacist can't be the one making the determination in the vast majority of cases. > never antibiotics Despi

The real question from my perspective is why the pharmacist can't be the one making the determination in the vast majority of cases. > never antibiotics Despite the common wisdom, the issue there wasn't (mis)use in humans but rather certain agricultural practices which I understand (in the US at least) to have largely been curbed at this point. Antibiotics that were still clinically relevant in humans were being added to animal feed en masse because "reasons" (ie cost cutting of various sorts). Evolutionarily, that went about as well as you'd expect.