hat tip @chuck_petty who knows *a lot* about the antibiotic scene, and who you should absolutely follow
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a few things happening at once: 1) the ubiquity of PrEP has led to the normalization of unprotected sex among gay men 2) antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are sharply on the rise 3) almost every publicly-traded company working on new antibiotics appears to be collapsingpic.twitter.com/eq69Oj71m9
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1) Evidence? 2) Yup 3) Yikes!
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The present testing model and funding model for antibiotics do not have compatible timeframes. Just the truth. Not a law of the universe the two had to work. Good example of what well managed government reconciles.
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What the hell are you talking about. In the 1950s you popped a few cheap pills and it cleared almost anything up. That's impossible anymore. "Models" ain't got nothing to do with it.
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My kid got about one bad staph infection per month (cutaneous) and it was pretty terrifying to realize that we were down to about 2 antibiotics that would work.
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Thank your local homosexual
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This is not good.
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