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I think there are much worse issues than just the wildlife trade. I think long-term we're gonna have a lot of issues with antibiotic resistance diseases as a result of overuse in the meat industry [1].

[1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191009132321.h...

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I see overuse of antibiotics around me all the time. Just the other day my friend's daughter had bronchitis and readily prescribed antibiotics. A couple of days later when it didn't get any better, she got a stronger shot of the same antibiotic. Then it still didn't get any better and another doctor just decided to change it to another kind. There wasn't any of the "let's wait it out and see if this is viral instead of bacterial" or any testing done. And this isn't a single case. It's the norm with 80% of doctors I hear about.

Part of that is viral things often weaken your body enough for a bacterial infection to come in as well. In some (not all) of the most deadly diseases the problem wasn't the initial infection is was secondary.

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