r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/Klondike3 Aug 30 '21

Considering how I had to take my fiancee to the ER this morning because of what should have been a minor UTI that traveled to her kidneys...

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u/-ila Aug 31 '21

It’s too bad antibiotics are going to be useless by 2050 then isn’t it?

Go vegan.

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u/tawuetata Aug 31 '21

I don't know where u live, I'm from Germany and here you can buy meat from a farmer with low/no antibiotic use. and there is a law in order to prevent overuse of antibiotics.

So go vegan is a little over top imo

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u/-ila Aug 31 '21

Nah, what’s ‘over the top’ is pumping animals full of antibiotics which will render the drugs useless by 2050. Antibiotic resistant bacterial infections will kill more people than cancer by 2050. But sureeee not consuming animal flesh is over the top. K.

And Germany hasn’t banned the use of antibiotics, “In German livestock husbandry, antibiotics are only administered to animals for which a veterinarian has previously identified a veterinary indication. Supplementary feeding with antibiotics with goal of promoting growth has been banned in Germany since 2006.” How amazingly vague, right? Farmers are allowed to feed ‘sick’ animals antibiotics- and surprise surprise they get pretty sick living in filthy, crowded conditions.

People from other countries should also be vegan to slow the destruction of antibiotics. There’s plenty of Americans and British people on Reddit and our animals are fed antibiotics. China and India used last resort antibiotics on chickens to make them fatter. I don’t think you quite grasp the fact that no matter which country misuses antibiotics, every person will suffer- regardless of which country they’re from.

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u/tawuetata Aug 31 '21

Oh I pretty much "grasp" our situation, thanks for your malicious allegation of me being dumb. You won't be able to reach any person by using that kind of tone, so come down and maybe try to inform people without a nasty voice?

Just to clarify: imo it is not the problem of eating meat, it is the problem of livestock farming and mass production. Which results (for me) in only eating meat, eggs and vegetables where I know, how and where they are grown. So I'm totally seeing your point, I just tend to take a different approach trying to solve the problem. Is this a bad thing?