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[Skean Dhude]

MB,

The issue, which is happening worldwide, is that people are prescribed antibiotics. They use them and their bugs start dying. They feel better so stop using them before all the bugs are wiped out. Therefore the bugs that have the highest resistance are not killed and go on to breed more. Darwinism in action. So eventually you prescribe the drug and the bugs just shrug it off. You need higher doses and eventually the bugs adapt to that until they just won't work at all as they would cause us harm.

Plus, as GR says, we are giving them to animals all the time. Bugs have plenty of generations to develop a resistance. That's why we are always on the lookout for new antibiotics.