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The infrastructure to help get antibiotics to people is being shut down. This is absolutely an instance of someone tearing down Chesterton’s fence. If TB poses
by kemotep 2y ago
The infrastructure to help get antibiotics to people is being shut down. This is absolutely an instance of someone tearing down Chesterton’s fence.
If TB poses no risk because antibiotics are widely available would it not follow that reducing their availability would increase the risk TB poses?
- milesrout 2y agoAntibiotics are widely available in the US. The claim I was responding to was that taking away this funding risked harm to the US, specifically.
- kemotep 2y agoThe United States is not a bubble. Outbreaks overseas can have impacts here not only through possible infection reaching here but also the potential for the disease to develop antibiotic resistance in an improperly handled antibiotic treatment (such has cutting off access to the drug mid treatment) and of course 2nd order effects like outbreaks disrupting global supply chains. The COVID 19 global pandemic was only a few years ago and its impacts lasted years. TB is not as infectious and would have a reduced spread but treating it helps contain possible issues and may one day lead to its eradication. How does cutting funding reduce risk? Reduce suffering?