Posted on 04/19/2011 11:05:04 AM PDT by neverdem
Ars Technica is from Condé Nast, so it can't be posted. Go to the link.
The point is the origin of SA is humans, not animals. Furthermore, antibiotics are also overused in humans. How many bacteria do you think developed resistance to Penicillin, long before it was used in animals. It is the nature of the beast. As long as we use antibiotics, resistant populations will emerge.
It is estimated that a new viral disease emerges somewhere on the planet every 3 months and this has nothing to do with antibiotic use.
Ah. Of which there are many! :-)
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