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It's hard to know the answer to this question. Yes, antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a new threat to everyone (likely still less of a threat than non resistan
by ronaldx 13y ago
It's hard to know the answer to this question.
Yes, antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a new threat to everyone (likely still less of a threat than non resistant bacteria did in 1950), but maybe not equally.
it's possible that antibiotic-resistant bacteria have more chance to take hold (asymptomatically/latently) in people who are regularly exposed to antibiotics.
You could be carrying around MRSA but you wouldn't observe symptoms unless/until you are otherwise in a critical state - wounded or immune-suppressed.
It's not currently obvious how antibiotic-resistance spreads in the wild and so it's still plausible that avoiding antibiotics gives you some degree of protection.