OT: Entitlements [was Re: Python usage numbers]

[Duncan Booth]

Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

> BS! With free healthcare, those who would have allowed their immune
> system fight off the flu, now take off from work, visit a local
> clinic, and get pumped full of antibiotics so they can create a new
> strain of antibiotic resistant flu virus! Thanks free healthcare!

Anyone who can write 'antibiotic resistant flu virus' as though they 
believe it really needs to read some elementary books about disease.

Here's a clue: No flu viruses are treatable with antibiotics. In some cases 
antibiotics may be useful for flu patients to treat secondary bacterial 
infections, but they are not effective against viruses.

-- 
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com