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This is hardly an American thing; you see the same in Europe, and presumably other places. This is why antibiotics resistance is a problem in many parts of the
by arp242 2y ago
This is hardly an American thing; you see the same in Europe, and presumably other places. This is why antibiotics resistance is a problem in many parts of the world.
I once overheard a coworker give a doctor a right bollocking over the phone because he wouldn't prescribe antibiotics for her daughter who had the flu, and she then proceeded to tell rant how ridiculous that doctor was. I've rarely had to spend more effort to stop myself from saying some rather unpleasant (albeit true) things.
- t-3 2y ago> This is why antibiotics resistance is a problem in many parts of the world. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are more of an agriculturally-induced problem than a non-farmer-human-induced problem. Almost all commercial livestock are pumped full of antibiotics to make them fat, according to estimates ~2x the amount of antibiotics are used for animals as for humans.
- arp242 2y agoI'm just going by Wikipedia, but it's not clear to me that it's the reason for antibiotic resistance in humans, rather than a reason. Also, "livestock pumped full of antibiotics to make them fat" has been banned in the EU since 2006.
- t-3 2y agoIt's also supposed to be regulated in the US, but that hasn't reduced the use of them much.