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Solution to superbugs may be to stop prescribing antibiotics.

To reduce it t a simple slogan “antibiotics are not cough medicine”. Most advanced nations overuse antibiotics to the point of bacteria developing resistance that kills tens of thousands. Norway has developed a common sense approach that works by changing the prescribing habits of doctors, banning advertising of prescriptions and carefully tracking any resistant infections that pop up. We would do well to learn from their example.

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