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> Assuming antibiotics still work in 20 years and we retain some basic surgical skills And what happens when the antibiotics and sterile surgical implements ru
by akersten 4y ago
> Assuming antibiotics still work in 20 years and we retain some basic surgical skills
And what happens when the antibiotics and sterile surgical implements run out, due to the incredible industrial machinery needed to produce them having disappeared? "1600's Welsh countryside but with modern medicine" doesn't quite play out without the corresponding modern supply chain, at least for long.
- throwaway892238 4y agoYou don't need industrial machinery to produce penicillin. You can sterilize equipment a variety of ways, such as with horseshoe crab blood, fire, alcohol. Now, would it work well for 7 billion people? Hell no. I'm hoping the apocalypse knocks out a significant chunk of the population, and that at that point we can focus on sustainable, simple living, rather than industrialization.
- imchillyb 4y ago> You don't need industrial machinery to produce penicillin. Sooo. How are you going to grow enough of that, while /not growing/ any other type of fungus, mold, bacteria, etc... There's a reason modern medicine utilizes things like cleanrooms and laboratories, instead of y'know a farm and a barn.
- throwaway892238 4y agoI can build you a sanitized laboratory with 16th century equipment. That's the great thing about how much knowledge we have now: we can do more with fewer things.