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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
That is not the way I understand it. There are genetically determined levels of resistance within a strain. A strain that may have a 20% survival rate to an antibiotic can eventually have much higher survival rate, as the susceptible individuals are killed off and those genetically predisposed to survive reproduce. In the absence of the antibiotic the population would continue with a 20% rate. So no, we are not just putting of a problem, we are creating it.
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Think of it like a card game.
If you never play the card, you never get the benefit.
If you don't use anti-biotics, it is the same result as everything being 100% resistant.
If you play the card, you've gotten the benefit of the card, but can't play it again.
From the perspective of a drag race, it is perhaps better to play the card, and give us the benefit now(more velocity and momentum).
However, if we aren't seeing much benefit from playing the card, it would be better not to be playing it yet.