[Restorer]

Very strange. I wonder if he was quoted wildly out of context. It seems strange that anyone with any medical training at all would think of antibiotic resistance as a problem with a viral disease.

They're already essentially 100% antibiotic resistant!

[Hank Kerchief]

Very strange. I wonder if he was quoted wildly out of context.

I thought it strange too, and reread it just to make sure it didn't mention bacteria. I hope your conjecture about being taken out of context is correct, but, frankly knowing what I do about the CDC, I would not be surprised at this ignorance at that level. The CDC is very politicized and has a strong liberal agenda.

Hank

[boris]

"It seems strange that anyone with any medical training at all would think of antibiotic resistance as a problem with a viral disease."

Yeah. There are a few anti-virals. Once I had a really bad case of flu, and the doctor prescribed a tiny red pill called "Symmetrel". One pill and I started to feel better. In two days I was cured. No placebo effect--I was drowning in my own juices...a borderline pneumonia case.

Next time I got flu, I asked for more Symmetrel. "Sorry, not effective on this strain."

Sigh.

But they have more on the way.

--Boris