Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria::Zosurabalpin has defeated strains of pneumonia and sepsis in mice, raising hopes for human trials

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    10 months ago

    Give it a few years before the superbugs of every Chinese citizen with a mild cold has finished their Navy SEALs hell week of this specific antibiotic, and built such a resistance to it, they establish independence.

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        10 months ago

        That’s part of the joke, because they definitely are in China. There are no restrictions whatsoever on antibiotics in China so they can give you antibiotics for a headache.

        This is why there recently was a surge of drug resistant bacterial pneumonia.

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      10 months ago

      Not specific to China, can attest it’s pretty widespread throughout Asia to give antibiotics as a placebo.