How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World

Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by ansible on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:17AM (#13455463)

You are right, but perspective is needed. How quick is quickly ? Is it quicker to return then they loose it ? Or is it slower to return then to loose it ? If so, we can circulate certain types of ABs effectivelly.

You are proposing coordination at the national or international level, among many different companies, medical institutions, and governments.

Just getting a ban on the use of antibiotics for non-infection related reasons will be difficult enough.

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by majkinetor on Sunday January 22, 2017 @06:44PM (#13458445)

I am not proposing anything that radical. The first thing I would probably do is to stop using subtherapeutic ABs to grow animals. That would reduce 50% or more of the world AB usage and is certainly the easiest thing to try.

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by ansible on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:03PM (#13463636)

The first thing I would probably do is to stop using subtherapeutic ABs to grow animals.

I certainly can't disagree with that.

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