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When actions taken based on the perceived self-interest of individuals put the public health at harm, any public health program will probably be perceived as pa
by carbocation 13y ago
When actions taken based on the perceived self-interest of individuals put the public health at harm, any public health program will probably be perceived as paternalistic.
The cavalier approach to antibiotic custodianship you are describing is exactly why we have limitations on antibiotic availability in this country.
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- carbocation 13y agoYou're reading too much into my post. I'm neither advocating nor opposing the current model of who gets to prescribe antibiotics and how hard it is to see the gatekeepers (currently doctors). But I do endorse some sort of system in which there are (hopefully somewhat enlightened) gatekeepers. Plenty of miserable, painful infectious diseases are not bacterial in nature. This is an issue that pits public health against the perceived (not actual) self interests of people who want antibiotics. Public health is not medicine, though it does guide medicine. Also, "Fuck you doctor" is a greeting that I've never seen before. Hilarious.
- jrs235 13y agoWell that's too bad his post got deleted. While the following doesn't address all the issues [he has], depending on location int he U.S. many "express clinics" are popping up in convenient locations (like grocery and retail stores) that do not require an appointment, can diagnose common ailments (such as ear infections), write prescriptions (for such common ailments as ear infections), and are relatively inexpensive.