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My late father, a very smart doctor (when GPs used to do house calls), deplored the no-antibiotics-it’s-just-viral fad among doctors. He pointed out that when you have a respiratory viral infection, it leads to opportunistic bacterial infection. The older generation of doctors of course knew this. What are they teaching the new ones in med school!

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What's your opinion on microbial resistance?

GPs in the UK are bombarded with the message that this presents huge risks and hence are reluctant to prescribe antbiotics.

I dont know the evidence base for this and wonder whether curious or dissenting souls have documented alternative views on this topic.

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I read somewhere (forget where - sorry) that 80% of antibiotic resistance could be traced to antibiotics in animal feed.

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A: Teaching them to fill Rx's and profit big pharma.

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