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The Guardian reports that according to a Bureau of Investigative Journalism study, colistin, an "antibiotic of last resort," is used by the tonnes by Indian farms to make the poultry gain weight a little bit faster. And all of this is perfectly legal. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls antibiotic resistance "a major threat to public health".
Another reason to eat less meat I guess. Like we needed one.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Friday February 02 2018, @09:56PM (4 children)
Freon 12, mustard gas, lead in gasoline, asbestos, all of those things were short term economic (or military) expedients with globally agreed upon unacceptable side effects, and we've managed to mostly discontinue them... DDT and others not so much globally, but still in many places.
Antibiotics should be one of the next big reductions in use - out of agriculture and into humanitarian use for serious (non-self resolving) situations only.
In 2002 when my newborn had a slight fever, I really should have told my pediatrician to get stuffed when he prescribed a vial of antibiotic "just to be sure" that the fever would be sufficiently controlled to administer vaccines on the next visit - let's get our F'ing priorities straight here: your office schedule vs abuse of antibiotics?
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(Score: 4, Informative) by dry on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:55AM (2 children)
Same with when my dog cut her paw when young. Vet automatically prescribed antibiotics and at the time I went along with it. Truth was that without any signs of infection, it was a stupid thing to do.
Even not considering antibiotic resistance, giving unneeded antibiotics is stupid, fucks with the bodies biome at the minimum.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:46AM (1 child)
You could even have used antibiotics but presumably less (not sure) if you simply put on antibiotic ointment on it for 3 days once a day and kept it wrapped in some bandage.
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:18AM
I doubt that it even needed that. She was young and healthy and it was a clean cut. Just needed to keep a close eye on it and if needed, then apply the antibiotics.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Behindmyscreen on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:44PM
Um.....Infection can take hold and spread in a matter of hours in infants and death can follow before you get a chance to get them to the hospital. It was prudent of your doctor who knows a fuck lot more than you do.