Here's a controversial issue for you: as resistance to antibiotics grow (see MRSA), should we stop giving antibiotics to farm animals as a prophylactic measure? That's the subject of a new bill proposed by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D) and Sen. Kennedy. Opponents of the bill argue that without antibiotics, industrially raised farm animals will be more likely to get sick, thus raising the price of meat. They also argue that there's no conclusive evidence that antibiotics in farm animals is causing widespread resistance. New York Times columnist Nick Kristof recently wrote a compelling op-ed about this very subject here: http://tinyurl.com/bc82va. What do you think?

In a word, no. I have always questioned the need for antibiotics, when they have been prescribed. So why would I want farm animals being used as incubators for microbes to build up resistance.