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Isn’t this paper actually debunking that argument (That overuse of antibiotics has increased antibiotic resistance)? The paper says that resistance didn’t dimin
by cortesoft 5y ago
Isn’t this paper actually debunking that argument (That overuse of antibiotics has increased antibiotic resistance)? The paper says that resistance didn’t diminish when antibiotic use was decreased. It seems that our common understanding of how resistance develops was incorrect, at least partially.
- commiefornian 5y agoIf there is selective pressure to increase resistance, resistance increases over time. If there is not selective pressure to increase resistance... nothing. There is no pressure to change anything relating to resistance. It could increase. It could decrease. It could stay the same. There is no reason to expect anything in particular about it.