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by otikik 2601 days ago
It's for the same reason dynamite is not sold wholesale in the hardware store.

A lot of times it will be harmless, but every once in a while some Billy or Jane will dose themselves just right to train their infection to get over the antibiotics they bought, it will happen to be highly contagious,and then suddenly you've got an epidemy in your hands.

> Internet searching.

Replacing visiting a real doctor with internet searches is like replacing a plane pilot with internet searches.
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otabdeveloper1 2601 days ago
Antibiotic abuse is a real problem, but expecting doctors to fix or even understand it is like expecting car mechanics to make traffic laws for your country.

Antibiotics should be regulated by a serious government effort, not by doctors.

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otikik 2601 days ago
I don't know where you live, but where I live doctors are exactly the ones who understand antibiotic abuse. As in, it is their job.

> Antibiotics should be regulated by a serious government effort

You didn't bring this before. I actually agree with that.

> not by doctors.

Strong disagree with that though. Such government effort can only be successful if it involves lots of doctors.

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otabdeveloper1 2601 days ago
> As in, it is their job.

What makes you say that? That's like expecting software engineers to understand the implications of clock synchronization in your server CPU. Sure, it'd be nice if employees had that level of dedication, but who are we kidding? That's not what they are being paid for.

> Such government effort can only be successful if it involves lots of doctors.

Well, no. Doctors aren't the ones making epidemiology science research. At best they might read a paper or two if somebody pushes them.

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