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I guess all the people solely cheering for this aren't aware of the damage we've been doing to ourselves with antibiotics:
While antibiotic resistance gets all the attention, the damage being done to our host-native microbiomes is arguably as big a threat as climate change, as the damage compounds over generations, and once it's gone you can't get it back. (Apr 2019).
Resistance may already be a solved problem: https://humanmicrobiome.info/antibiotics/#fmt-to-counter-antibiotic-resistance
Would you prefer to live in a world without antibiotics?
No but people should really stop abusing OTC antibiotics like Neosporin. You don't have to put it on every wound.
Yes but there's no reason to snark about a new class of antibiotics unless you think they shouldn't be used at all.