Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ...
by orwin on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:11PM
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The issue is not really hormones (they are the political reason, but not the technical one). The true issue is the antibotic abuse: this is a bio threat, especially for farmers and rural guys. Let's say you're walking your dog in the countryside. You fall somewhere, it gets infected, so you get some antibiotics. Those antibiotics do not work after 3 days because they were used in the next door farm, and bacteria is used to them.
Now you have two solutions:
* you are educated (or at least knowledgeable) and you know that if the antibiotics do not show any effect after 3 days, this is caused by resistance, so you go to the doctor again and he gives you type2 antibiotics.
* You are not knowledgable and you let the infection get worse. You have two new solutions:
* * You're young and in good enough shape: depending on the bacteria type, you will suffer for some time, probably have troubles walking and lasting scars.
* * Are you old and/or in a bad shape? Tough luck. Depending on the bacteria type, you might die.
Now you have two solutions:
* you are educated (or at least knowledgeable) and you know that if the antibiotics do not show any effect after 3 days, this is caused by resistance, so you go to the doctor again and he gives you type2 antibiotics.
* You are not knowledgable and you let the infection get worse. You have two new solutions:
* * You're young and in good enough shape: depending on the bacteria type, you will suffer for some time, probably have troubles walking and lasting scars.
* * Are you old and/or in a bad shape? Tough luck. Depending on the bacteria type, you might die.