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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: 2) by edIII on Friday February 02 2018, @08:29PM
I'm with you. There is no way to stop things like this when people's livelihoods are at stake. Outlawing it may do something, but only education about the issue will truly solve it. Even then, you have the sociopathic section of our race that are pure evil, according to the definition of evil.
What may change their minds is the Indian government filming the deaths of people that get infected with these super pathogens. Announcing that an entire hospital is closed, a village quarantined.
It's not just happening in India, but in the U.S too. We're trying to do something about it though, because we're very educated as to the consequences through Hollywood. I'm seeing Kevin Spacy with blood dripping from his eyes when I hear stupid stuff like this.
Hey, if their stupid and up cutting their population in half, it actually helps the rest of the world in a morbid fashion. Only problem is that airlines and travel make the world one big petri dish.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.