(July 10, 2016 at 8:17 pm)Iroscato Wrote: And a few hundred years ago, such an infection might've quite easily killed you or made your dick (the one between your legs, not the one currently sprouting from your forehead) fall off or some other horrible, ungood thing happen.
I would have likely died at birth centuries ago due to problems I had with an infected umbilical cord - but thanks to medical science, here I stand today, blessed with the ability to name thee a dickhead ^_^
Yes, antibiotics have been very beneficial. But, I don't see where that excuses 250,000 deaths per year.