— Am I able to run and grab Imogen and throw ourselves over the edge? — Wait, you’re going to throw me over the edge? — I can do another Feather Fall on us and we can at least get off this tower. — All right. I mean, if you… Yeah. I trust you. — Get the fuck out of here? — I trust you.
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is one of the biggest threats facing us over the next 50-100 years. Antibiotics are honestly one of the biggest things that have improved life expectancy and reduced child mortality over the last 70 years or so. The less effective they become, the more we are screwed, especially but not only the immunocompromised.
If everyone can get antibiotics every time they have a cold without going to see a GP, this has potentially disastrous consequences.
In general, I’m very much against gatekeeping things, but antibiotics are precious.
If, instead, we improved GP working conditions, funded the building of more GP practices, supported junior doctors more so they could actually last long enough to become GPs, this would be a non-issue.
Why is the health secretary someone who knows so fucking little about medicine that she thinks handing sharing antibiotics with friends like this is a good idea??