Exactly. Antibiotics take out like 99.9% of bacteria every time you take a dose. The survivors grow back, then get knocked out again. And the proportion of certain species change.
That’s what causes problems.
Take out exactly 50% of every type of bacteria in your gut? Almost like nothing happened.
Right. They indiscriminately destroy the bacteria. Kind of like a certain snap…
Antibiotics attack 100% of everything. The snap very specifically only targets 50% of everything.
Exactly. Antibiotics take out like 99.9% of bacteria every time you take a dose. The survivors grow back, then get knocked out again. And the proportion of certain species change.
That’s what causes problems.
Take out exactly 50% of every type of bacteria in your gut? Almost like nothing happened.