How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World
From this website: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;seqclinic.com&#x2F;chinese_medicine.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;seqclinic.com&#x2F;chinese_medicine.html</a><p><pre><code>    Historically, a Chinese Medicine doctor was paid a
    retainer to keep their patients healthy. If a patient 
    became sick, the doctor would not be paid until the 
    patient’s health returned. In a similar vein, a doctor 
    that resorted to surgery was considered an inferior 
    doctor. If he&#x2F;she did their job correctly and helped
    their clients stay healthy, there would be no need to
    perform surgery.
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Perhaps the current incentive for drug companies is the problem. They don&#x27;t care if we stay healthy (which is what we all want), they only treat illness. In fact you could argue it&#x27;s in the best interest of drug companies to keep us sick!<p>Maybe there&#x27;s an alternative way to fund them, or an alternative way to deal with infections in the first place.