Scientists and doctors have been warning for years that over-prescription of antibiotics (and use of antibiotics in a variety of other non-medical areas, such as on livestock) would inevitably lead to antibiotic-resistant diseases.
And here we are. #ddtb
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Drug-resistant "white plague" lurks among rich and poor
LONDON (Reuters)- On New Year's Eve 2004, after months of losing weight and suffering fevers, night sweats and shortness of breath, student Anna Watterson was taken into hospital coughing up blood. It…
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Chilling, but sadly to be expected. We pump our farm animals with drugs, and within a matter of weeks all kinds of crazy diseases begin to appear on that farm.
In some countries, thalidomide is being used to treat TB (on 60 minutes, ages ago (10 yr?)), and it’s also being used in chemotherapy.
Wonder why that’s not mentioned.