IntensifiedChesnuts t1_irz4fdu wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:49 AM

“new antifungal antibiotic called solanimycin”

Antibiotics =/= antifungals

This is the kind of sloppy science writing that leads to a quarter of the population being anti-vax.

There a ton of other problems with this article too.

weedlayer t1_is0r953 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:49 PM

This is true, but also stupid. Antibiotics should be called "antibacterial", while the term antibiotic should apply to all antimicrobials.

IntensifiedChesnuts t1_is1te0z wrote on October 12, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Yeah… and we shouldn’t drive on parkways, and park on driveways…

This is how the scientific community defines the term, and we need to use a consensus-based common language if we’re going to understand each other. Unfortunately we don’t get to change words or their definitions because we don’t feel like them.

You’re going to have to accept that this is how our community understands this word or change everyone’s mind.