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> In time, I expect to see COVID will have reduced the antibiotic resistance seen so commonly in hospitals, because of the routine deep cleaning regimes now emp
by AnonHP 5y ago
> In time, I expect to see COVID will have reduced the antibiotic resistance seen so commonly in hospitals, because of the routine deep cleaning regimes now employed and routine wearing of facemasks by all inside a hospital.
I’m a bit confused. For the first part, do you mean “increased antibiotic resistance” (not decreased) with the increased deep cleaning, which cannot really be perfect in an environment that has so many illnesses around? Or are tou saying that the deep cleaning is so good that all germs are killed and thus there are no chances of mutations surviving and spreading?
- josephcsible 5y agoAntibiotics need to kill bacteria but leave human cells alive. Deep cleaning can kill everything. It's a lot easier for bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics than it is to deep cleaning.
- doliveira 5y agoI read somewhere that bacteria evolving to resist deep cleaning would be akin to us evolving to resist bullets.
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- Terry_Roll 5y agoTry surviving UV-C then, nastier than bullets!