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Genders.wtf 4 years ago

It is so employers can have stats to ensure diversity in their employees.

As the article suggests a little further down, the hypothesis is that they would prescribe broad spectrum antibiotics to themselves and family, as opposed to their patients.

The latter [broad-spectrum antibiotics] might be more likely to eradicate an infection, but greater use of them also increases the chances that bacteria will develop resistance to these valuable medications, which can reduce efficacy for other patients.