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Of course bacteria have resistance. Bacteria mutate, some random mutation will be resistant to a given antibiotic, and that new strain will propagate and dominate.

Lots of people fall to understand that, which is why we have antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea in the wild now.

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Hand sanitizers use alcohol, not the same thing as a "prescription" antibiotic. The same resistance arguments do not really apply the same way.

Many use triclosan, which was even legal in the US until last year, so a lot of it is still in consumer hands.

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