Showing posts with label Labor Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labor Day. Show all posts

Monday, September 1, 2014

Resistant Dialogue

Street garden flowers, likely Allium sp.
Overheard at a '50s-style diner, in Big City, USA, between two waiters:

"I've been feeling really stuffy and sick lately"
"Well, you know what I do? I just get a Z-pak"
"Does it work?"
"Oh yeah. You only take 6 pills, and you feel great in a few days. Though, sometimes I end up taking two packs"

And that, dear readers, explains some of the nagging reasons we now have azithromycin-resistant bacteria.

To those in the U.S. - Happy Labor Day
To those in the rest of the world - Happy Monday*

*Inspired by a classic Chemjobber bit.