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probably important to note that corporations have basically halted research into new antibiotics since the 80s due to high cost
its possible to continue the arms race if a government wanted to
Weirdly it’s unprofitable to create drugs whose ideal case is to never be used and should only be a last resort
phage therapy
sorry that's fake communist science, therefore we can't invest large sums of money into it
the very first thing I thought when I learned what a bacteriophage was in the 6th grade I was like "wow that would be an amazing alternative to antibiotics" then "wow I'm a genius I'll be rich" then I learned the Russians have been doing it for like a hundred years :deeper-sadness:
Not to be all :im-vegan: but the continual decline of antibiotics efficacy is way more due to their routine use and misuse in animal agriculture. For every irresponsible doctor or human patient not completing a course, there is an entire farm using them en masse as attempted prophylaxis.
No idea if this specifically has anything to do with that, but every time declining effectiveness of antibiotics comes up I am compelled to mention this
The antibiotics also reach water supplies, like when used for shrimp 🦐
That could explain the exposure
It's never that simple. Once you realise plasmids are a thing, bacterial genetics lineages stop being trees and are more like.. three-dimensional cobwebs. It only takes adjacency of bacterial colonies for them to spread genetically. (overly simple e.g. respiratory bacterial infection in cow, cow is full of antibiotic resistant other bacteria, bacteria share plasmids, respiratory infection eventually spreads to humans, cow developed AB resistance is now in humans and can spread to most human bacterial species).
"Concept 34 Genes can be moved between species. Genes can be moved between species. Because of the universality of the genetic code, the polymerases of one organism can accurately transcribe a gene from another organism. For example, different species of bacteria obtain antibiotic resistance genes by exchanging small chromosomes called plasmids. In the early 1970s, researchers in California used this type of gene exchange to move a "recombinant" DNA molecule between two different species."
For every irresponsible doctor or human patient not completing a course,
What's crazy is that completing a course of bacteria or not isn't even really known if it's causing the arms race like at all. Like most science, we're still trying to really pin things down well but there has been some amount of research suggesting it's not nearly as big a deal as we thought.
it can be a big deal on an individual level because if you dont get the bacteria thats fucking you up with the first antibiotic it comes back hard and likes to be resistant
i had a resistant infection i needed a 10 day course of iv antibiotics for and it sucked
I was reading some research a year ago that was like, 5-day course of antibiotics are just as effective as 10-day for some bacterial infections (can’t recall the specifics).
Sex-Havers in absolute shambles RN, the Volcel Vanguard marches on :volcel-kamala: :volcel-judge: :volcel-police: :volcel-vanguard:
lol consumerism being conceived (like sex) means sex had to predate consumerism :che-laugh:
Fortunately, both cases were successfully cured with potent injections of the antibiotic ceftriaxone
Imagine having to get an injection straight into your peen :ohnoes:
"Can you anesthetize me first?"
"Of course! I'm just going to inject some lidocaine..."
"Great!"
"Straight into..."
"Yeah?"
"Your peen"They have to do that for laser hair removal. It's not so bad.
some people get dong hair. Sometimes it goes halfway up, sometimes it goes all the way up.
They do local anaesthesia on the penis and testicles before they remove hair from the scrotum.
It's important when constructing the neovagina because you don't want hair on the inside. It's really not that weird!
. In the US, there were nearly 700,000 cases in 2021, up more than 25 percent from 2017, according to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
that is actually wild
I would like to hear what sort of diseases could be eradicated with a socialist world republic... :ussr-cry:
did you know condoms were originally invented so people could have sex then enjoy a delicious tasty snack shortly after?
:grillman: so what, i'm supposed to just stop getting gonorrhea now?
I'm way more scared of the stigma of catching an STD than of the STD itself. I know that's pretty shallow but I'm so socially awkward and slow to trust that I don't know how I'd deal with the disclosing to partners aspect.
Serious question for sex-havers: how do you navigate STD testing with new partners? If I ever re-entered the dating pool I feel pretty strongly that I'd want a prospective partner to get tested with me so we can both have some assurance of safety (although I'd still insist on condoms).
If someone asked me to get tested I wouldn't take it personally, but I know that some people do. The "both" part would hopefully reduce some of the perceived judgment, but I'm sure there's more to introducing it tactfully. On some level, someone who reacted strongly to a neutral and matter-of-fact request for safety and transparency probably wouldn't be a great fit for me to begin with, but that doesn't mean there aren't smoother ways to present things.
...tangential, but I wonder if the proportion of "X but Y" compound sentences in someone's speech has any correlation with their level of anxiety, fear of judgment, or lack of confidence :homer-bye:
Given the spread of gonorrhea I think most don't. From my understanding every six months is probably sufficient. In the absence of symptoms anyway. It would take a little bit kf time from when you are exposed to when you are infected. So much more than that isn't likely to find any hidden situations. Depends on your availability of healthcare and what they test for more than anything though.
But more genuinely I think for me if a situation is turning sexual I find some way to awkwardly insert a vague but telling comment into the conversation like, "I'm good," followed by an expecting look. I've always rolled with if there are no symptoms and no known issues then protected :volcel-judge: is fine.
Def a clinic visit and full test before unprotected :volcel-judge: , have asked partners to do it and been asked to do it. If u are not responsible enough to get tested for me u do not get to :volcel-judge: me
Haven't heard much of Monkeypox lately, so that might be on the way out
But with the 'Vid, Avian Flu and Regular Flu, that makes this plague #4
It's a bit more complicated than that — factors like sanitation, public health measures, human-animal contact, and even climate play a part. Especially under capitalism "more disease happens when there are more humans" is a reasonable correlation (if reductive)
Very important to be careful with the phrasing and with that line of thinking though, as it can easily open the door for ecofash talking points
All of those play a part, but human population and especially urban/slum density without adequate infrastructure is the main driver.
As human population increases - which is a good thing - some sort of worldwide health system will have to be established or disparate health systems in different areas will keep presenting new diseases.
Smallpox was only eradicated once China jumped on board and helped in part with vaccinating Africa.
As human population increases - which is a good thing -
:doubt:
Isn't it more of a neutral thing?
Depends on if you are human or not.
Not so great if you are animal swimming in the sea or running through the forest.
Depends more on if they are USians/Euros or central African, or if they're rich or poor. There's a certain kind of people of whom there are too many
without adequate infrastructure
Yeah totally.
I always try to frame this as an infrastructure issue, even if number of people is the thing putting pressure on the infrastructure. Just like when Hexbear is slow because a lot of people are online, those people are just the ones putting pressure on hexbear's infrastructure
