We all know that antibiotics lose their effectiveness as bacteria become resistant. And yet, they are overused, which hastens that ineffectiveness. But what if we had no antibiotics at all? Here & Now’s Robin Young talks to The Economist magazine’s “The World If” series editor Tom Standage (@tomstandage) about a world without antibiotics.
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