How one antibiotic morning-after pill came to be widely available in San Francisco

THIS IS SO STUPID AND I LOVE IT BUT EVERYONE IS MISSING THE POINT THAT IT IS ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS NOT JUST PILLS! SO APPARENTLY THERE IS THIS MORNING-AFTER ANTIBIOTIC THING IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT GAY MEN CAN TAKE TO PREVENT STIS AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTING THEMSELVES BUT THEN DOCTORS ARE FREAKING OUT ABOUT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE! LIKE THE ARTICLE SAYS SOME MEDICAL FOLKS ARE WORRIED THAT IF EVERYONE USES THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME THE BUGS WILL JUST GET STRONGER AND STOP DYING WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LITERAL APOCALYPSE MOVIE PLOT AND I AM STRESSED! NOBODY KNOWS IF THIS WILL BE A LONG-TERM FIX OR A TOTAL DISASTER AND HONESTLY THAT UNCERTAINTY IS JUST TERRIFYING. ANYWAY THE QUEUE FOR THE BAR IS SHORTER NOW.

LET ME RUIN YOUR NIGHT FOR ONE SECOND BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO STOP STIS NOW BUT WE MIGHT BE BREAKING MEDICINE IN THE PROCESS! NPR WAS REPORTING THAT THIS MORNING-AFTER ANTIBIOTIC PILL IS WIDELY AVAILABLE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR GAY MEN AND IT IS SUPPOSEDLY SUPER EFFECTIVE AT BLOCKING INFECTIONS! BUT THE CATCH IS THAT DOCTORS ARE GENUINELY WORRIED THAT RELYING ON THIS WILL MAKE ANTIBIOTICS USELESS SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT BECAUSE OF RESISTANCE! IT IS BASICALLY A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN HEALTH NOW AND MAYBE A MASSIVE PROBLEM LATER AND THE ARTICLE DOES NOT ACTUALLY SAY HOW WE SOLVE THAT WEIRD DILEMMA! IT IS JUST A BIG QUESTION MARK HANGING OVER EVERYONE RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS SCARY AS HELL. OK I HAVE TO SIT DOWN AFTER THAT ONE.

San Francisco has made an antibiotic morning-after pill available for gay men to prevent STIs, though doctors are concerned about the potential for increased antibiotic resistance.

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