From: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:01:49 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca> writes:

>  There has been great concern raised among those in the medical 
>profession regarding the end-effects of their wholesale
>prescribing of anitbiotics for colds, aches and pains, etc.,
>leading to the development of new strains of virus which are
>immune to the older antibiotics. This leads to development of
>stronger (misused) antibiotics, which then leads to stronger
>strains of virus.
>  There have been a number of studies which point to the fact that
>the human immune system is now caught in a battle between
>increasingly potent virus and antibiotics and is losing its
>capacity to fightits 'natural' enemies.

 Antibiotics are for fighting bacterial infections.

 Antibiotics have no effect on viruses at all.

 However you are accurate in that the abuse of antibiotics for
things like colds (a virus, no effect) has led us to a very
dangerous situation. (antibiotic resistant bacteria)

I suggest the book "The Coming Plague"  who's authors name escapes
me at the moment, if you, or anyone else is interested.

Brian
Cypherpunk
Extropian

" You can lead a horse to water, but you can't faucet."