According to the World Health Organisation’s latest report into antibiotic resistance we are facing a ‘problem so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine… A post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries can kill, far from being an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century.’ Bloody frightening stuff if you ask me.
Naturally the prime suspects in this whodunnit are the much-maligned medical profession, guilty of giving out antibiotics like sweeties in a tuck shop while the human race barrels toward a future in which we are going to die of diseases at which–thanks to antibiotics–we barely bat an eyelid today.
Are they truly the culprits in this case? In investigating this deplorable state of affairs, one must be thorough and ask the question: ‘Who else could be to blame? Who else uses large amounts of antibiotics?’
The answer to this is the unassuming, altruistic, not-for-profit agricultural industry, dedicated to the betterment of humanity via the provision of cheap and affordable meat and dairy products.
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