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We also need regulation (and effective enforcement) as much as research. Even if you discover a groundbreaking new antibiotic under current incentives it's goi
by xyzzy123 2y ago
We also need regulation (and effective enforcement) as much as research.
Even if you discover a groundbreaking new antibiotic under current incentives it's going to get fed to pigs in China until it's useless.
Arguably the kinds of antibiotics we need the most are ones with significant side effects; effective enough that they can save humans but with side effects that are severe enough that they are not over-prescribed or fed to livestock.
- dartos 2y ago> Arguably the kinds of antibiotics we need the most are ones with significant side effects I don’t think there can be a better example of perverse incentives than this.
- cchi_co 2y ago[dead]
- raincole 2y ago> the kinds of antibiotics we need the most are ones with significant side effects What? Absolutely not. The patients would have a very strong incentive to not finish the whole course of treatment.
- shellfishgene 2y agoThese are typically only used in the hospital after all else fails.
- duskwuff 2y agoRight. Only a small fraction of antibiotics are regularly prescribed for outpatient use; a lot of the more "serious" antibiotics (like vancomycin, for instance) are primarily given as IV infusions in an inpatient setting.
- skyyler 2y agoWhy call out Chinese pigs specifically? American meat farms also overuse antibiotics... Do Chinese farms do it more / worse?
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- literalAardvark 2y agoIt's been illegal for years in both the US and the EU
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- skyyler 2y agoA number of very popular things are illegal. Cannabis is illegal in most of the world, and it's still used in most of the world.