Having lived in the US and moved to Austria, I can say it&#x27;s quite comical how few times doctors prescribe antibiotics here. It&#x27;s something like 10:1.<p>At times this is frustrating because you want the easy fix and when antibiotics work they work really well.<p>It&#x27;s also quite illuminating how many symptoms do not seem to benefit from taking antibiotics even when they are the knee-jerk treatment.<p>I sometimes joke that modern medicine is 50% prescribing cortisone and antibiotics.