What Has the Inappropriate Use or Overuse of Antibiotic Drugs

question 30

Multiple Choice

What has the inappropriate use or overuse of antibiotic drugs for treating humans and livestock fostered?

• A) Mad Cow disease and E. Coli are neither bacteria nor viruses and because of the complacency caused by antibiotics people are uninformed about the potential harmful diseases in their meat.
• B) Antibiotics are actually threatening to humans and other living organisms as well, because as their name suggests, they are not friendly to life.
• C) The evolution of resistant strains of tuberculosis and other bacterial diseases, even as development of new generations of antibiotics has lagged.
• D) People now think they are immune to everything, which they are not.

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Definitions:

Mental Set

The tendency to adopt a certain framework, strategy, or procedure based on immediate experience or context.

Unwarranted Assumptions

Beliefs or premises accepted without sufficient evidence or rational basis, often leading to flawed reasoning or misunderstandings.

Problem Representation

The mental formulation or framing of a problem, including its components and structure, which influences the approach to problem-solving.

Critical Thinking

The disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach a conclusion.