I should've rephrased it.
I don't discount antibiotics. They are very useful.
However, they do not need to be used nearly as often when you aren't drinking shit contaminated water.
So many scrapes and simple injuries and infections are fatal. You can die from an ingrown hair or toenail without antibiotics.
Every prepper worth half a shit has huge amounts of antibiotics for use and barter.
Don't know of any preppers looking to stockpile vaccines.
So many scrapes and simple injuries and infections are fatal. You can die from an ingrown hair or toenail without antibiotics.
I don't know about that statement. I cut myself on probably 1/3 jobs I do. I've never had a serious infection from any of them.
Our immune system can fight off plenty.
But if you get a good hit from bacteria from whatever you cut yourself on, and don't use antiseptic, and then don't use antibiotics, you are dead.
Bacteria from the skin+bacteria from what you cut yourself on is a huge factor. Thus the soap which you mentioned earlier.
For twenty years straight I had nothing but open wounds and dirt all over me daily working outside. Never got an infection bc I practiced hygiene and the outdoors is not that gross.
Human concentrated environments are very filthy by nature so people get infections easily from the shit lurking in public places. Hospitals, stores, your house may be the bugger threat than a wound etc per se.
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