Antibiotic Prescribing Rates at 97%

In spite of global warnings about the coming end of the "Antibiotic Era", and antibiotic-resistance soring to become one of the TOP three threats to human health on the planet, some MDs prescribe antibiotics to 97% of the patients they see! Justified? Hardly. Insane? Yes! -  http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28648785

Over 2 million people die each year as a result of antibiotic resistant infections. That's more deaths than AIDS globally. Physicians blame patiemts for this, but it is only physicians that can write a prescription. The cure for antibiotic-resistance is to take antibiotics away from MDs, DOs, NDs, and DDS. Until then, more and more people will continue to die.

If you take an antibiotic without having the infection cultured to determine if it is indeed a bacterial infection, and then submitted to susceptibility testing to determine which antibiotic is most effective, you will have played a role in the death of someone down the road. Perhaps, a child. Perhaps a loved one. Someone will pay for allowing an MD to prescribe an antibiotic without following the guidelines established by the federal government. MDs obviously don't care enough to stop this practice. It's up to everyone else.