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100 years of trying everything to kill bacteria, and we find they can be jolly useful

humanity has been producing useful things from bacteria for thousands of things already.

Cheese!

lager

Yeast are not bacteria, though

Most beer until quite recently was sour from bacteria.

But not lagers, I think

Just wait til people learn that viruses have some positive uses after decades of being told how awful they are.