How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World
From this website: <a href="http://seqclinic.com/chinese_medicine.html" rel="nofollow">http://seqclinic.com/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/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't care if we stay healthy (which is what we all want), they only treat illness. In fact you could argue it's in the best interest of drug companies to keep us sick!<p>Maybe there's an alternative way to fund them, or an alternative way to deal with infections in the first place.