<i>80% of antibiotic use in the USA goes to farm animals, not people. We could therefore significantly reduce the amount of antibiotics in our environment without affecting human lives.</i><p>Good luck with that. This would mean regulation, and that would mean going up against corporate farms and their lobbyists as well as the Senators and Congressmen they have in their pockets. America&#x27;s legislative branch is actively hostile to science and anything that could impact the bottom line of their campaign donors.