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In a world without antibiotics, diseases we treat easily today could become life-threatening again, as more bacteria develop resistance to common drugs.

In a world without antibiotics, diseases we treat easily today could become life-threatening again, as more bacteria develop resistance to common drugs. | Health

We swore an oath: “Primum non nocere”  — First, do no harm.  When pandemic stress began to bear down on our hospitals, we scrambled to manage the burden of volume and simultaneously mitigate the threat of contagion.  In our war efforts, we donned our hazmat suits, and pleaded with everyone to do their part.  We stopped most elective procedures and shut our doors to visitors, families, even volunteers.  What we couldn’t avoid was the ill-consequence of these actions.  Our patients would suffer more than they should, and our staff would bear an unmeasurable burden.  The best we c...