Really disturbing article..

[busterbrown]

It’s long but not complicated..The overuse of antibiotics is now pushing us over the edge..

Very frightening...

https://medium.com/p/892b57499e77

[Warpy]

1. The whole thing has been handled very badly

and future generations will curse us for being stupid enough to allow the spread of resistant bugs from the hospital out to the community while allowing antibiotics to be used in livestock so they could be inhumanely crowded together, creating resistant bugs there.

Scrub privileges and shoe covers would have stopped a lot of the spread into the community, something they've done in Europe where their hospitals aren't as concerned with squeezing profit out of everything.

Antibiotics should never have been allowed as prophylaxis in livestock. Period.

[busterbrown]

2. So Warpy. How sacred should we be when are admitted to the Hospital

for a surgery? In your opinion..

[ReRe]

11. Warpy must be unavailable, so let me....

... take a stab at your question. I read the article from top to bottom. Former health field employee, here. Understood the whole article. "How sacred should we be when admitted to the Hospital for surgery?" I would say, take your cross, some Holy water, and a whole bunch of those Chlorox Clean-up Wipes. Chlorox wipes for your family to wipe the rails of your bed down, the remote control for the TV and nurses station, door knobs... anything that anyone, even hospital staff, touches. That's at least all you and family can control. Then you'll just have to pray that implements & surgery equipment, tubing, all the rest that might be hooked up to your body is not covered in this antibiotic resistant bacteria. There was an excellent episode on PBS' FrontLine a few weeks ago on this subject.

Go watch it. Now. (Just a suggestion.)

[Warpy]

12. I've had multiple eye surgeries over several years

and the policy of keeping the OR as close to sterile as possible has worked.

Infection is always a risk with surgery and most infections are non resistant bugs.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. You're absolutely right about the livestock thing; its been out of control for too long.

Something like ridiculous quantities, for no other reason than a cost-cutting shortcut.

Negligence on a planetary scale.

[Recursion]

7. And don't forget the antibiotic load in human and animal waste

That's the one that keeps me up nights...

[LuvNewcastle]

3. This is yet another article that's making me consider

giving up meat. There might be a few exceptions, like fresh seafood that hasn't been treated with antibiotics, but eating meat in general is becoming a health risk. I think just about all the livestock raised these days are treated with a bunch of different drugs, and I'm very concerned about that. I feel like I should stop eating it before it becomes a serious problem. I really do enjoy a lot of different meats and dairy, so it would be hard for me to do.

[busterbrown]

4. Hard for many of us.. Chicken and Turkeys as well?

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Oh yeah. From what I've read, it's all animals raised on farms.

[LWolf]

10. I can get local meat

pasture raised with no antibiotics.

But then, I live somewhat rurally. I drive by those pastures every day to and from work. I don't eat much meat these days, but when I want it, I can get it clean of hormones and antibiotics.

[bemildred]

8. Yes, I gave it up couple years ago. Esp. anything in a package & fast food.

And I'm not sorry, once you get used to it, it's cheaper, feels good, and it's not hard. I still use dairy (all the time) and eggs now and then.

[Warpy]

13. Health food stores here sell organic meat

that is hormone and antibiotic free. It's more expensive because the animals aren't packed together in a factory operation. I don't eat a lot of meat and this is what I stick to.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Very well written article..

Good post, thank you.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. kick