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		jakobegger on July 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A drug for smallpox has been approved, even though... Are there actually pathogens that are resistant against all antibiotics? I assumed that the problem with multi-resistant pathogens was that the patient may not live long enough to try all antibiotics.

charleslmunger on July 21, 2018 [–]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_drug-resistant_tuber...

But over time it's going to get worse and worse.

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