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What is a society if not a collection of individuals? You don't get to complain about antibiotic resistance if at the first sign of an issue you demand a bathi
by tekla 1y ago
What is a society if not a collection of individuals?
You don't get to complain about antibiotic resistance if at the first sign of an issue you demand a bathing in random antibiotics, especially if you don't even know if you have a bacterial infection in the first place
- Hnrobert42 1y agoAs long as the patient completes the course of antibiotics properly, taking antibiotics should not contribute to antibiotic resistance.
- londons_explore 1y agoI don't think there is much solid science behind that claim. Antibiotic resistance could just as easily first happen in the sewers and other places where there is a lowish concentration of antibiotics.
- Hnrobert42 1y agoI don't think there is much solid science behind that claim.
- TaurenHunter 1y agoYou can't claim to protect society from anything without protecting individuals primarily. Society is not a herd in which you sacrifice an individual to save the rest.
- londons_explore 1y agoIsn't putting a murderer in prison for life exactly that? The prisoner would undoubtedly have a better life if not imprisoned. But society does better if they are imprisoned.
- hkt 1y agoSee also, placing limitations on political and economic power.