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The Point of Divergence ... In the early years of the 20th Century, scientific advancements were made in the discovery of antibiotics. Several drugs were developed to help curb the spread of germs, bacteria and diseases. One of the most prominent examples would be penicillin. As a result, people have lived longer and healthier lives. The population on our planet has boomed from 1 Billion in 1900 to over 7 billion in today's times.

But it begs the question. What if the research that was being done into antibiotics had never taken off? What if those researchers in the early 20th century had simply been dismissed by the general medical community as a bunch of science hoopla? What if we still lived in a world where we relied on medicinal folklore vs science?
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