The increase of antibiotic resistance is a matter of legitimate public concern. But this article abuses the same &quot;think of the children&quot; meme that worldly people everywhere despise in politics and journalism of every sort.<p>Children are more susceptible to infection than healthy adults, but so are the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. We don&#x27;t need to pull at the heartstrings to justify a conservative approach to the use of antibiotics.