I don't think people are claiming that bacteria care how you're using the antibiotics. It's just that using less antibiotics is better if possible, and it makes

I don't think people are claiming that bacteria care how you're using the antibiotics. It's just that using less antibiotics is better if possible, and it makes more sense to cut out the least important usages first. I mean, if it's between throwing 100 doses of antibiotics into a river or depriving 100 sick people of their dose of antibiotics, it seems pretty clear which choice to make.