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The Rise of Drug Resistance
Year 2000 B.C "Here, eat this root."
Year A.D. 1000 "That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer."
Year 1850 "That prayer is superstitious. Here, drink this portion."
Year 1920 "That portion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill."
Year 1945 "That pill is ineffective. Here, take this penicillin."
Year 1955 "OOPS, bugs mutated. Here, take this tetracycline."
Year 1960-1999 "Thirty-nine more OOPS"s. Here, take this more powerful antibiotic."
Year 2000 The bugs have won! "Here, eat this root."
-ANONYMOUS OBSERVATION FROM THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2000.


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