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In reply to the discussion: The Post- Antibiotic Era Is Here [View all]Nitram
(22,614 posts)9. I'm sorry, but antibiotics should always be used in cases where our natural immune system cannot
handle a pathogenic attack. Are you saying you'd forego the use of an antibiotic when you contracted the page because you are sure your immune system can handle it? Give me a break! Some of those at high risk for infections include patients undergoing surgery, patients with end-stage kidney disease, or patients receiving cancer therapy (chemotherapy).
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Went vegan in 1996, and have never looked back. Don't miss meat and dairy at all.
C Moon
Nov 2019
#23
I'm sorry to break it to you, but we are most definitely NOT in the "post antibiotic era."
Nitram
Nov 2019
#5
"We don't have any other line of defense other than antibiotics." Not entirely true as our own
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#7
I'm sorry, but antibiotics should always be used in cases where our natural immune system cannot
Nitram
Nov 2019
#9
No, I am simply saying antibiotics are not the sole thing we have going for us.
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#11
Yes but not everyone died as there were people that survived due to their immune system.
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#17
But I never said or implied an interest in doing that all I was doing or trying to do was
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#30
My close friend's father was a doctor who warned about mass antibiotic resistance decades ago
dlk
Nov 2019
#10
I have known about the risk for decades and I am not in the medical field and its why I choose to
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#12
There's also phage therapy and we might be able to vaccinate against bacterial infections as well
ck4829
Nov 2019
#20
For the past 10 years, I have never been given antibiotics. This has been through Kaiser.
C Moon
Nov 2019
#22
I never see mentioned the availability of antibiotics without prescriptions
cyclonefence
Nov 2019
#29