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Known germs cause of surge in pneumonia cases among kids: China to WHO (www.thehindubusinessline.com)

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[–] Fades 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What a piece of shit site. Can’t even read the damn article, I don’t even have an adblocker installed on this phone but it tells me I’m running one anyway.

Anyway, this quote stood out to me:

Among Chinese children, resistance to the antibiotic and others in the same class is more than 80 per cent, the highest in the world, Yin Yudong, an infectious disease doctor at Chaoyang, told Beijing News earlier this month.

Antibiotic resistance is terrifying

[–] automaton 1 points 1 year ago

Considering that pharmacies in China sell antibiotics without any prescription, this was to be expected...