alt Hacker News> In 2019, while still at medical school, Ellie began suffering from inflammation in her right eye. All tests for infection came back negative and it was assumed she had an autoimmune condition.
You know how everyone complains about antibiotic resistance? Yeah, they're not going to give some random antibiotic if they have no idea what something might be.
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BobbyTables2 • today at 3:31 AM
Tell that to my urologists who put me through 4 courses of different antibiotics while 5 tests for infections were all negative…
Antibiotic resistance is a problem for society. Infection is a problem for the individual.
Modern medical ethics requires you always prioritise the individual over society, which means one should always give antibiotics if the benefits outweigh the downsides for this specific patient, even if that means you might cause antibiotic resistance for everyone else in the future.