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Pressure your government (where ever you may be) to make responsible use of antibiotics a priority. The misuse that terrifies me the most are antibiotics used
by coenhyde 12y ago
Pressure your government (where ever you may be) to make responsible use of antibiotics a priority.
The misuse that terrifies me the most are antibiotics used on livestock. Particularly the antibiotics that are also used on humans. In my opinion antibiotics should not be used as a growth promoter and only used to help sick animals.
- sgk284 12y ago> should not be used as a growth promoter and only used to help sick animals The issue is that a lot of animals get sick from being crammed together in small areas, unable to move, while living in their own feces and urine. If we regulated animal treatment better and required certain living conditions for animals they wouldn't get sick nearly as often and wouldn't need nearly as many antibiotics. As it stands, regulating antibiotics to be used only on sick animals wouldn't change much since an incredibly large percentage of livestock are often sick (as a consequence of living conditions).
- midas007 12y agoI don't eat meat or consume animal-derived products for this reason. This is where the next pandemic is mostly likely to originate, and it's completely preventable.
- tomp 12y agoUnless you also avoid meat for other reasons, wouldn't it be better to eat meat, but only from those farmers that raise livestock in humane, sustainable conditions (organic/free range/...)? That would increase competition and support their business models.
- coenhyde 12y agoYou're right. This needs to change as well.
- midas007 12y agoThat's one side, the other side would be a crash program to develop a spectrum of closely-guarded, last-resort antibiotics.