Blog 07: Immunity to Antibiotics

Humanity has an awfully bad habit of creating problems that were very obviously going to happen and were easily avoidable and then freaking out and going, "How did this happen!!!!" and scurrying to put the blame on everyone else while painting themselves as saints for fixing the problem they caused (even though they're only fixing the problem for some sort of monetization).

The sudden immunity to antibiotics that people are starting to pick up on is an excellent example of this. It's not a problem quite yet—and not as many people have heard about it as you'd think—but it's a problem nonetheless. I hate the culture we have around doctors; people go to the doctor the moment they're sick and PAY somebody else to tell them, "You're sick. Go to bed." Schools and workplaces tell you that if you don't want to go to work because you want to rest, you have to go to the doctor (still going somewhere anyway and contradicting the whole point of not going to work) to pay someone to tell you that you're sick and give proof that you were sick that day. It's insane. Not to mention the fact that doctors ALWAYS want to diagnose you of some insignificant disease and treat you for it. I promise, I do not need a 90 days worth of antibiotics because I threw up and have a fever. I just have a cold. LET ME GO TO BED. (And I haven't even mentioned the obsession medicine companies have with creating "treatments" instead of actually curing/preventing diseases!)

Anyway, we're alive. Surprise! All organisms adapt and evolve to their circumstances. Doctors forcing medicine down your throat when you don't need it is actually more harmful than beneficial (to no one's surprise) and the immunity to antibiotics that people have developed in the past couple years has been gaining traction (so I've heard). A lot of people have actually needed antibiotics when they have something that's more than just a cold and haven't been able to get better with any old antibiotic. This is horrible news for the world of medicine. If medicine doesn't work on people anymore, what do we do? Well, the answer is definitely not KEEP GIVING THEM MEDICINE WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING INSIGNIFICANT THAT CAN BE FIXED WITH A YOGURT AND SLEEP. This is such a stupid problem for people to be having. Who would've thought that the privilege of having medicine at our disposal at all times has actually led to people's bodies being so exposed to it that we're starting to become unaffected by it, growing with time until our ailments will be left to naturally deteriorate since external help would only be redundant?

Anyway, I'm just being dramatic. But there's one thing you should never forget: sci-fi exists for a reason, folks. We're only at the prehistoric age of these first-world problems. These are mere warnings, but warnings for a reason. Do what you can. I don't want to scare anyone, just say that you need to think before you do anything in such a modern world. By simply existing, you are naturally contributing the so many things. Buying from big companies, conforming to norms, et cetera. By existing, you contribute. At least contribute to things you actually want to be apart. Think before you act. Don't buy that useless antibiotic!

Of course, I couldn't possibly end an article lightly touching on the dangers of continuing like normal and the warnings of sci-fi without telling you to stream Atom Miraiha No.9 by Buck-Tick! This was a real short "article," but I felt that it was relevant regarding today's world and an interesting topic to give my two-cents on.