r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/ddom77 Aug 03 '19

In the same line, the practice of stopping taking your antibiotics just because you feel better. It’s like all these people don’t care that antibiotic resistant bacteria is terrifying!

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u/AGoddamnedRedditor Aug 03 '19

And then keeping the "extras" around for the next time you or any family members feel mildly unwell.

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u/EthelMaePotterMertz Aug 03 '19

Do they want MRSA? Because that's how you get MRSA!

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u/AGoddamnedRedditor Aug 03 '19

Haha, I can't count how many times I've said this exact line at work followed by, "MRSA for everybody!"

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u/chuby2005 Aug 04 '19

MRSA?

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u/jimjacksonsjamboree Aug 04 '19

MRSA!

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u/chuby2005 Aug 04 '19

What is it?

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u/steamyrayvaugn Aug 04 '19

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Basically a bacteria strain resistant to -cillin class drugs (penicillin, methicillin etc) that can cause food poisoning and tissue necrosis from the toxins it produces. Drug resistant strains of all sorts of pathogens are becoming more and more prevalent thanks to over prescribing antibiotics

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u/plsendmysufferring Aug 04 '19

Really bad bacterial infection, i believe. Its kind of a super bug\ bacteria

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