[Symmetry]

The population was rising before the first antibiotic was discovered so I'm guessing that it won't make all that much of a difference. In general public sanitation made a much larger difference in the reduction in death by infectious disease since the 19th century than medicine has.

[JoeAltmaier]

And ironically Public Health is the lowest, least respected medical specialization. Doctors practicing that earn like plumbers or construction workers. Yet we all own them our collective health and well-being.