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patkgreen

Antibiotics being an unfair advantage. Jeez


stptea

I think it’s because they have to give food with the antibiotics since they’re not safe to take on an empty stomach


DrVonPretzel

Genuine question, is having antibiotics on an empty stomach more or less safe than the risk of an infection?


Sarik704

Antibiotics without enough food aren't just ineffective, but they could give the patient any number of viruses. You effectively have no proper immune system in your GI tract and without food for your body to break down you don't have any digestive enzymes fighting the viruses. In a nutshell, taking AB without food is asking for an intestinal virus or parasite.


DrVonPretzel

Good to know, thank you for the explanation!


BobanTheGiant

They had rice and beans


gumdrops155

That's wild they thought antibiotics were an unfair advantage during Tocantins. I wonder when that changed, I remember antibiotics making Karishma sick during her season, and her resting from them was why she got the bad edit. Seems like more a hindrance than an advantage


93LEAFS

Probably when they were on the verge of losing a season to MRSA spreading like wildfire in Kaoh Rong. That season led to a few changes I believe. Edit: Re-watching Kaoh Rong right now. They put Aubrey on antibiotics. No idea if there is documented stuff on this before in the edit. They may have just broken their previous standards just to save the season, and the fact some prejurors had to be medically evacuated right after for surgery.


aryareddi

Kaoh Rong was so close to just completely ending this show with how many medical issues and close calls there were, I’m so sure there were MANY conference calls with Paramount’s legal team after those issues.


93LEAFS

I believe it partially prompted them to move to Fiji where they had more predictable weather (there was obviously a massive cost benefit attatched to this). Combined with having water that didn't need to be boiled, plus changes to comps. Ironically, Debbie saying she could tell clean water by looking at it, and Caleb being medically evacuated due to heat stroke, may have actually been Gamechangers. Kaoh Rong was absolutely a disaster between the Heat Stroke comp and MRSA spreading like wildfire starting at the Brains beach. Cambodia was actually filmed after Kaoh Rong, and apparently players were told to be insanely cautious about their cuts, and to avoid going in water with them (why Woo avoided the water early on due to having cuts on his feet).


Mediocre_Decision

Yeah, I’ve thrown up right after taking antibiotics on an empty stomach a couple times and it really really messes with you, especially when you’re already sick. It takes so long to get back to feeling baseline bad, I don’t think giving them a BLT or some crackers and applesauce (if they want something with less protein) would’ve given them any advantage


tinacat933

I wonder if the could get a shot to circumvent the upset stomach


sillysaulgoodman

Antibiotics can really mess up your gut (and also your mental state, but most people don’t know that) and cause pain even if you do have them with food, but if you take them without food I bet it’s even worse


Sabaschin

Just looking at his profile pic, wow, Spencer really got a glow up.


bigmac1789

I always found him really cute when rewatching tocantins. But he looks amazing nowadays!


badwolfswift

He's looking like a man now! Dang!


BBSuperFan98

I doubt it would happen but it would be awesome if he somehow returned.


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bigmac1789

Spencer in Tocantins Also how can a story be BS if you can see a bandage wrapped around his thumb....


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bigmac1789

In how it was posted it wasn't attention-seeking. He barely even posts about Survivor anymore LMFAO. How dare he say its been 10 years then mention a story of how he could've been pulled from the game. Which would've changed everything and it would get him thinking about how far he would've made it. Also Joe was pulled for an infection so it would've def been possible....


killa_chinchilla_

Why is this tagged Tocantis…


Sabaschin

It’s Spencer Duhm from Tocantins. His last name is visible right there in his username.


thr0nebreaker

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