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Why Individual Medication Choices Have Collective Consequences

I'm supposed to take antibiotics for ten days but I always feel better after five and stop early, and my doctor says this is why superbugs exist but I can't make myself care about theoretical future people.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your personal comfort conflicts with your social responsibility, revealing the tension between immediate self-interest and long-term collective welfare.

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