Tags: antibiotic resistance, bacteria
Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in popular science writing:
"The problem is we are setting up easy antibiotic assault courses all over the place by not finishing a course of antibiotics, or taking them unnecessarily providing a perfect training ground for bacteria to become resistant by exposing them to antibiotics again and again until some of them adapt instead of dying."
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read about this book: 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth')
