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I'm having a hard time believing in the antibiotic link. I've spent quite a bit of time in various parts of South America where antibiotics are available witho
by sparrish 3y ago
I'm having a hard time believing in the antibiotic link.
I've spent quite a bit of time in various parts of South America where antibiotics are available without prescription and from what I've seen, used for every fever and sniffle for 40 years+ now. I'm not seeing generations of Autistic and ADHD people there. If the antibiotic link was true, wouldn't it be worse there?
- Ozzie_osman 3y agoI dont have any proof either way, but you're assuming it's the only factor. It could be a mix of antibiotic and diet, or antibiotic and lack of exposure to other germs.
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- beacon294 3y agoThanks, really great anecdote for US centric folks.
- gr8r 3y agoMy guess is food isn't so sterile (lack of probiotic and other micro-life) food in South America, Asia, etc [yet]. Same for water, environment in general. Plus more human to human contact. So effects of antibiotics are constantly being reversed. Plus lactobacillus tablets are literally taken with the antibiotics (tho probably it should be taken a week after a round of antibiotics?). Whereas some Western countries might have a sterile-ness + formula + meds + other environmental factors that form the perfect storm. Edit: I'm not saying it causes x or y. Just that it is not ideal for a young kid.
- dboreham 3y agoCould also be that all bacteria evolved to resist the OTC antibiotics in that environment.