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> Stop administering them whenever anyone gets a sniffle

This hasn't been true for most of my life and it remains a serious concern.

Not to mention antibiotics often come with seriously nasty side effects of their own, so you as the patient even wanting the best outcome shouldn't even necessarily want antibiotics.

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It is not an issue in the US.

It is a massive, massive issue in some very large countries.

Ahh yes, very fair.

It is still a big issue in the US even if it is more massive elsewhere plus we use it in the meat industry to the point where certain types of antibiotics cannot be used anymore.

If you look at any map of antibiotic resistance, it is quite obvious where the problem is.

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