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Antibiotic resistance the second, silent pandemic

80 percent of hospitalized Covid-19 patients receive prophylactic antibiotics, which could lead to a rise in drug-resistant infections. [Courtesy]

You are a health care worker dealing with the uncertainties of effective treatment protocols early in the pandemic. You prescribe antibiotics for a patient with Covid-19 to treat a possible co-infection or secondary infection; although you’re not sure that they have one.

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