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LegitPancak3 t1_j68obco wrote

Reply to comment by sweet-n-sombre in TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad

As long as you’re constantly being given rehydration fluids with electrolytes, and maybe IV saline if it gets bad, you’re basically guaranteed to survive.
If you’re not being given constant fluids though, you have a 1 in 4, to sometimes 1 in 2 chance of dying of dehydration.

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LegitPancak3 t1_ivu7uye wrote

Reply to comment by polar_pilot in New antibiotic passes through the first phase of clinical trials with ease by tonymmorley

The thing is developing resistance to an antibiotic often forces the bacteria to give up something that is typically important to it, such as survival in certain environments or factors that make it more immunogenic. Not long after an antibiotic is taken off the common administration protocols, the bugs want those factors back ASAP, and will readily revert the mutation. So smart administration and rotation of antibiotics could ensure that we always have effective treatments.

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