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Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by wolco on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:22AM (#20948275)
What makes you think they won't come back as bad or worse then before? That's what we did with antibiotics and we ended up with superbugs.
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Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by iamkroot on Thursday September 12, 2019 @02:05AM (#20948486)
There cannot be any doubt that the world is in a better place because of the presence of antibiotics.
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Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by bzbz on Thursday September 12, 2019 @04:34AM (#20949292)
Why not? It’s not as if you have an omniscient point of view and the ability to see the future of both branches. There will always be doubt about complex, unsolvable scenarios.
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Re:Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective... by TheGallopedHigh on Thursday September 12, 2019 @05:38AM (#20949652)
I think we can safely say the trade off of having antibiotics and a few superbugs, as opposed to no antibiotics where all bugs are superbugs was a good trade off.
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