Because vaccines leverage the hosts existing immune system, resistance is not a big deal.
You just have to update the vaccine.
An antibiotic resistance is much more troublesome, as you cannot alter the antibiotic without affecting its performance.
Poultry in europe is required to be vaccinated against salmonella so the washing is not necessary.
It also has the nice benefit of keeping the outer cuticle of the shell intact so that eggs don't have to be refrigerated.
I always wondered why american poultry is not vaccinated, I was told it is...
Well of course not, its a bit more nuanced.
But you can definitely see the authors endorsement of "natural" death shine through.
Invoking Stagnate is portrayed as a kind of "deal with the devil" scenario where people have to give up their humanity in order to become undying.
The story only...
Yeah I don't get this argument at all. That's one of the reasons I love/hate The Faraway Paladin.
The central conflict is between two gods of death who have different philosophies on what is more desirable:
1. To struggle against death at all costs and to risk stagnation because you desperately...
They are the ones that helped organise the kidnapping.
"That side" is likely an enemy faction, either a foreign nation and/or people that want to overthrow the current royal family.
The couple are collaborators/traitors that want to heighten their own position by tearing down the established...
I really like that the "imortality" comes with a heavy downside.
But I suspect the author rather simply couldn't be bothered to write about the outside wolrd. :dogkek: