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I still don't get it (none / 0)
How is becoming resistant to the drugs a good thing?

What am I missing?

by MedfordTim on 02/09/2010 08:49:08 PM EST

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Germs are people too (none / 0)
Now you're making me wonder if I'm misunderstanding. If you were a bacterium, you'd want to be resistant to drugs which are designed to destroy you (assuming, of course, that bacteria are capable of "wanting" anything). So a mutation that causes a disease to become drug-resistant is a mutation in favor of the "interests" of said disease.

by OneHitKill on 02/09/2010 10:14:31 PM EST

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Silly me! (none / 0)

...whatever you do, don't say "bacterial point of view" too loudly or James Cameron will make a 3D movie for Disney...

by MedfordTim on 02/09/2010 10:52:00 PM EST

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Oops! (none / 0)
Sorry.  I wrote my comment below before I read your comment above.

by EveningStarNM on 02/09/2010 11:17:49 PM EST

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