Comment by Wowfunhappy
3 years ago
> We literally give industrial quantities of antibiotics to animals. So antibiotic preservation is not an honest reason to lock them up
We desperately need to stop doing that too, but at least it optimizes for bacteria that infects animals rather than humans.
I don't think you (and most other people) are anywhere near scared enough of returning to a world without antibiotics.
"optimizes for bacteria that infects animals rather than humans."
But then there is horizontal gene transfer.
The world has a lot to be scared of. Ive had an easy life, save for one or two experiences that have dwindled what truly frightens me a lot:
- Dying after my kids (unless my kids have a tremendous disability. Then my fear is reversed)
- Facing God, if He exists. If He doesn't, the nothingness of space.
Pain was on the list, but a bone marrow biopsy knocked it off. A world without modern antibiotics doesn't scare me. Much anyway.