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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:41:34 +0000, Tim Wintle
<tim.wintle@teamrubber.com> wrote:

>Imagine you go to a doctor and say "I've got the flu, can you give me
>antibiotics".
>
	If by this you mean "influenza" then..


>
>In a Public healthcare system:
> * The doctor is paid no matter what.
> * His job is to stop the population becoming ill.
> * By reducing illnesses he reduces his workload, without reducing his
>wage
>
>... so he'll only give you antibiotics if he feels you are at serious
>risk, and giving you antibiotics carries less risk for the population
>than the risk of the population getting immunities.
>
... a good doctor won't give you any antibiotics -- they don't work on
viruses...

	An infection of e. coli, OTOH...
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