We have a real problem. Our antibiotics are becoming less effective against microbes. The reason is simple- the bacteria (to paraphrase from the King and I) have become accustomed to your face- they have begun mutating to make themselves invulnerable to the actions of the antibiotics. The source of this problem is also simple- it’s us.
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Have you been prescribed antibiotics by your doctor and failed to follow the protocol? Oh, yes, I know, you felt better after a week, so why keep taking the antibiotic? It’s because the bacteria are still in your system, dying off. If you stop the treatment, those microbes can then survive and develop resistance to that antibiotic. After a while, we have created a generation of “superbugs” that are immune to our arsenal of antibacterials. And, that is a real problem.
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