The Rose Cafe event by chemical engineer Christopher Alabi was eye-opening because he talked about how it was better not to take antibiotics when a person got a cold or a virus. He explained that not many people knew that antibiotics may do more harm than good to cure a cold or virus. He recommended that we should let our bodies fight the infection if we meet the criteria for the healthy population. Otherwise, antibiotics should be reserved for the older population, very young population, and the weak population. Whenever I got sick, my mother would take me to the pediatrician and get prescribed medicine from the pharmacy. I was surprised because I thought a person would recover faster by taking medicine and resting. It made sense to me now that antibiotics might actually harm my immune system. I also learned the two types of infections: bacterial infection and viral infection. If a person had a bacterial infection and asked for an antibiotic, the physician would prescribe a broad spectrum antibiotic that wiped out all the bacteria especially the good bacteria. If a person had a viral infection, the person can get genetic testing only if the testing was offered by the hospital. Overall, I had a great time at the event and learned interesting information about antibiotics.