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> India is one country I'm not setting foot in for the foreseeable future. Yes its a shame. You don't have to live there. But 1 of every 6 fellow humans do. An
by ayushgta 13y ago
> India is one country I'm not setting foot in for the foreseeable future.
Yes its a shame. You don't have to live there. But 1 of every 6 fellow humans do. And not all of them openly defecate. Some are even pleasant enough to shake hands with. Many take a lot more antibiotics to ward off the germs but still die early. Lucky for you you don't have to die early :) but armed with antibiotics and Fiona's travel guides (http://bit.ly/ZR6wtm http://bit.ly/ZR6wtm), you can experience a sliver of the place which is "also a cradle of humanity with much history".
- jbattle 13y agoWhich in a round-about way - means that sanitation problems in India might turn into problems for the rest of humanity through the over/misuse of antibiotics leading to widespread resistance.
- nathan_long 13y agoThis. Oh my gosh, this. The idea that people in India are regularly dosing themselves with antibiotics just to get by is a terrifying prospect for disease outbreaks.
- ayushgta 13y agoIndeed, that coupled with poor regulation of prescription drugs and lack of awareness of dangers of antibiotic misuse. I was researching global antiobiotic misuse and came upon an interactive map of antiobiotic resistance for major diseases http://www.cgdev.org/page/looking-drug-resistance http://www.cgdev.org/page/looking-drug-resistance Be sure to click on the individual diseases as the default there is Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis A more detailed report http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/1424207_file_CGD_DRWG_FINAL.pdf http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/1424207_file_CGD_DR...