Andrew Huberman· PhD
We are at some risk that if we overuse them, that window of human history might come to an end if we don't continue to replenish new antibiotics. But we gain more and more bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
We are at some risk that if we overuse them, that window of human history might come to an end if we don't continue to replenish new antibiotics. But we gain more and more bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
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I think the first cost that was recognized was the idea of antibiotic resistance, and if antibiotics are overused you can actually get pathogens that are resistant to these drugs that then are very difficult to eradicate.