The idea that the phage could help before, during, and after is pretty interesting. Because although sometimes there are Prophylactic antibiotics, they aren't generally given to an entire population to my knowledge. And since diseases like this tend to be endemic to specific areas rather than a case here and there worldwide, so having something that's almost the equivalent of vaccine (although presumably short lived?) could really be effective for locals and travelers. Reducing the load ending back up in the water supply would then further reduce cases (ideally, although the extremely low load for this one may make it difficult).<p>Way more to learn here. The Soviets were really big on phage research also, wonder if they still have any interesting learnings: <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7653335/" rel="nofollow">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7653335/</a><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/05/03/western-firms-are-becoming-interested-in-a-soviet-medicine" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/05/03/...</a>