"Some experts say we are moving back to……" — Margaret Chan

"Some experts say we are moving back to the pre-antibiotic era. No. This will be a post-antibiotic era. In terms of new replacement antibiotics, the pipeline is virtually dry. A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. Things as common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill."

— Margaret Chan

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Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk
I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for… — Hans Selye
Fast food may appear to be cheap food and, in the literal sense it often is, but that is because… — Prince Charles
The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic - in short, the closest thing to… — Thomas Szasz
One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928,… — Alexander Fleming
I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant… — Andrew Weil
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance,… — William A. Dembski
A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound. — Randy Pausch
I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and… — Anne Wojcicki
Healthy people eating healthy food should never need to take an antibiotic. — Joel Fuhrman

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