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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
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
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.
Antibiotics aren’t used against viruses (like the ones that cause a cold)
In some countries, they are
You know what I mean. They shouldn’t be, because they don’t do anything against viruses.
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.
Not specific to China, can attest it’s pretty widespread throughout Asia to give antibiotics as a placebo.