I thought superbugs wouldn’t have been killed by the type of antibiotics I’m taking anyway (or if they would, then wouldn’t they still be susceptible in the future?)
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A guy(your immune system) is fighting a thief(bacteria) in an alley. It’s pretty back and forth, so you call for help and another guy(the antibiotics) comes and together they jump the thief. They’re winning, but or some reason this thief is incredibly tenacious. He keeps getting beat down but keeps getting back up, weaker than he was before but still able to put up a fight.
Finishing the course of antibiotics is like beating down the thief enough times that he won’t get back up , and stopping early gives the bacteria more of an opportunity to overwhelm your immune system. In the second case, you call for the 2nd guy again but when they start jumping the thief again, he catches the 2nd guy’s fist, stares into his eyes, and says “that shit don’t work anymore”, before proceeding to reverse jump them until you can call for a 3rd guy to sub out for the 2nd (diff antibiotic). Now you have another chance to jump the thief successfully.
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