John Oliver at the Health Committee

On June 15th, 2017. See this statement in context.

June 15th, 2017 / 12:20 p.m.

Liberal

John Oliver Liberal Oakville, ON

Thank you.

Thanks very much for being here today and for your testimony.

I got a bit confused listening to this. I had always thought that AMR was about a pathogen that for various reasons had become resistant, and about the difficulty of treating at-risk people. I kind of heard in the testimony, particularly from Mr. Morris, that AMR is about ongoing exposure to antibiotics. Are there situations where individuals become resistant? Is it more about a pathogen that's resistant that then becomes transmitted, or is it about individuals becoming more AMR because of their antibiotic use?

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