Evolution and antibiotics

[Purple Banana]

Antibiotics contain chemicals designed not to kill, but to destroy working parts of a bacterium. Each antibiotic contains a certain chemical designed to destroy certain types of bacteria (cocci, gram positive, anaerobic, ect). The reason different types of antibiotics change frequently is due to bacteria morphing their features, thus producing strains of bacteria which no longer respond to certain antibiotics due to a gene mutation from chronic exposure.

Examples of the the most common bacteria are Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Antibiotics are continually developed by studying the mutations that allow bacteria to live despite being hammered by antibiotics. This in and of itself is a proven form of microevolution, mimicking the process of natural selection, and giving a sound basis for the theory of evolution.

My question is for people against the theory of evolution, as well as anyone who would like to share:

Why do anti-evolutionists take antibiotics, when they are theoretically consuming a product that is a direct byproduct of the theory of evolution? Isn't that hypocrisy?

Purple Banana Reviewed by Purple Banana on 10-14-2006. Evolution and antibiotics Antibiotics contain chemicals designed not to kill, but to destroy working parts of a bacterium. Each antibiotic contains a certain chemical designed to destroy certain types of bacteria (cocci, gram positive, anaerobic, ect). The reason different types of antibiotics change frequently is due to bacteria morphing their features, thus producing strains of bacteria which no longer respond to certain antibiotics due to a gene mutation from chronic exposure. Examples of the the most common Rating: 5

[MastaChronic]

yes, and if you take the the theory of micro evolution a bit further, then you will realize that eventually, we wont be able to make an antibiotic that can kill the bacteria and it will be resistant to everything else, and it will wipe out the human race, a sort of super flu

[phoenix]

I'm pretty sure that if it gets to that point, hopefully our technology will be up to the challenge..they find new ways to do things every day.

[Th3 sand m4n]

yup were fucked :smokin: so smoke up

[Purple Banana]

Not necessarily... There are new antibiotics being designed all the time, even for antibiotic resistant strains, we cannot completely wipe them out, but we can control them efficiently.

But do you think it is hypocritical?

[afghooey]

On a similar note, all people who own dogs would be subject to that too: all dogs are a product of microevolution through selective breeding.

Unless people think Noah brought poodles and chihuahuas with him onto the ark.... :stoned:

[harris7]

[quote=Purple Banana]Not necessarily... There are new antibiotics being designed all the time, even for antibiotic resistant strains, we cannot completely wipe them out, but we can control them efficiently.
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Super bugs are actually a really big problem in hospitals these days. You go there with a cold and come out dead because of a Staf. Infection you picked up while being treated.

The sad thing is that we donâ??t respect these antibiotics that we create. Currently there are more antibiotics used on animals than humans and its all because of factory farming. So now the corporations make a bit more money and we loose the use of antibiotics.

Why do we allow this again?