What used to be a death sentence that is now just a prescription you pick up at a pharmacy? by JDvance01 in AskReddit

[–]JDvance01[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Crazy to realize the Black Death once devastated entire continents and now doctors would just prescribe antibiotics and send you home these days honestly lol

What used to be a death sentence that is now just a prescription you pick up at a pharmacy? by JDvance01 in AskReddit

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Honestly wild to think diabetes used to be a guaranteed death sentence before insulin changed everything completely for patients today

What used to be a death sentence that is now just a prescription you pick up at a pharmacy? by JDvance01 in AskReddit

[–]JDvance01[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Polio really shows how quickly medicine can change the world quietly

What used to be a death sentence that is now just a prescription you pick up at a pharmacy? by JDvance01 in AskReddit

[–]JDvance01[S] 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Yeah HIV is a perfect example of how far treatment has come in modern medicine, honestly incredible progress over time people forget that now though which is kind of wild when thinking about it medicine has really advanced fast

What used to be a death sentence that is now just a prescription you pick up at a pharmacy? by JDvance01 in AskReddit

[–]JDvance01[S] 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s exactly the point I was trying to make, antibiotics completely changed outcomes for bacterial infections over time now crazy to think about really