[marlon]

I get it but that was not my understanding of the problem. If it is as you say, and I don't know for sure, then I would agree with your point. My understanding was that in many cases germs are becomming stronger, kinda of like a Darwinian thing. The strongest survive and are either immune to or much more resistant to antiibotics. In that scenario then today's antibiotics couldn't fight them off.

[tacticalogic]

When people are prescribed antibiotics, they often stop taking them as soon as they feel better. At this point, the antibiotics have killed most of the infection, but there are still some left. These are the ones that are resistant, and by not finishing them off they insure that that trait gets passed on.