As a microbiologist who used to study the transfer of antibiotic reistance genes between organisms, the author either had bad teachers or didnt understand what he was being taught. I have never heard that antibiotic resistance evolved due to human development of antibiotics. Antibiotics are naturally occuring molecules that have probably been around for millions of years. A good example is penicillin which is produced by fungi. In a large population of bacteria a few will have mutations that render them resistant to penicillin. When that population is exposed to penicillin those few will survive and reproduce. The mutations resulting in antibiotic resistance are pre-existing, random and spontaneous. They are not induced by the presence of antibiotics.
” I have never heard that antibiotic resistance evolved due to human development of antibiotics.”
Yes. This article is off.
“I have never heard that antibiotic resistance evolved due to human development of antibiotics.”
Only in a very narrow segment of society will you hear the accurate explanation.
The political narrative derives primarily from pop culture, which is formed by and includes the misleading and false narrative in the media. Certainly in the media we find widespread implication that antibiotic resistance evolves directly from human use of antibiotics.
What you said.