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I don't buy that the primary issue is with human antibiotic use. Doctors have become increasingly stingy with antibiotics, sometimes at the expense of human we
by nostromo 5y ago
I don't buy that the primary issue is with human antibiotic use.
Doctors have become increasingly stingy with antibiotics, sometimes at the expense of human well-being -- meanwhile 80% of antibiotics are used in livestock production.
We could reduce the need for antibiotics in livestock if we treated animals better. Giving animals a bit of breathing room and fresh air would reduce the need to jack them up on antibiotics from day one.
Reducing use in humans seems like banning straws to take on plastic waste -- a feel good policy that won't actually fix much.