> Antibiotics work against bacteria, not viruses. T.Hanks.
Yup. Just promoting antibiotic overuse and hastening the inevitable takeover of antibiotic-resistant disease-causing bacteria. That said, agriculture consumes the vast majority of antibiotics - 80%(!) in the United States and Canada. 70% of those antibiotics (in the US, I'd assume it's similar in Canada) are medically important to humans. An FDA study predicts that antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains will kill 10 million people a year by 2050 if this continues. Denmark restricted the usage of antibiotics in agriculture and saw a decrease in resistant bacteria in livestock and humans. That's the most pressing issue, although obviously human overuse must also be dealt with.
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