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Originally Posted by Canada 02
I suspect part of the problem occurs when new parents, in the delivery room, see an antibiotic ointment used on the eyes of all new born's (in the USA). I think it's tetracyclin or eryhtromycin to gaurd against syphilis and gonorrhea.
From that point on, they think antibiotic ointments like polysporin for eye infections must be ok
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The bigger problem is everyone believes antibiotics are the solution to all illnesses. These are common myths in Canada:
-acute illnesses are from bugs and antibiotics treat them
-pink eye is done crazy bacteria that we all should ruin away from
The worse I feel or the longer it lays the more likely I need antibiotics
None of those are true, byt believed by most