They will develop resistance, but that is not a reason to not do it. I fully agree with you that reckless antibiotic use is the core problem, but public health solutions are slow and not sexy. It reminds me that Everyone wants a pill to treat for obesity--hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent chasing that dragon. in reality, lifestyle choices would be more effective, but habits like Big-Gulps and Couch-sitting die hard.

>They will develop resistance, but that is not a reason to not do it.

Clearly. I take aspirin when I have a cold, so I have no qualms bout treating symptoms.

I just have trouble seeing this as a meaningful step in solving the problem at hand.

I don't know that anyone says that they won't; I don't think anyone is saying "and we should just use this willy-nilly", but that it solves a particular problem we're dealing with now.

I totally agree though; there definitely needs to be reform with our use of antibiotics, because if we don't, we're going to be stuck with another gram-negative-esque problem.