Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

Post by scurvy » Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 2:14 AM UTC

zackmorris wrote: post #60

Keep in mind that media outlets are unlikely to point out the fact that antibiotic resistance is mainly caused by antibiotic overuse on farms for livestock (due to the conflict of interest when so many ad dollars come from food). Yes, humans failing to finish their run for the time prescribed for them, and use of antibiotics for viral infections have been a problem too. But those are completely dwarfed by farm use. F…

Post by xkcd-sucks » Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 2:16 AM UTC

noam87 wrote: post #43

lvs wrote: post #15

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No, what you're encountering is the rift between new-media science bloggery and the real rate of scientific progress. In new-media science land, a university news office press release is akin to a solved problem. Antibotics? Done! Quantum computing? Solved! Room temperature superconductors? No problem! The press releases are abominations compared to the underlying research, and the new media companies are embellishin…

Just yesterday (msn). Headline: "Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space" Actual SETI website statement: "The chance that this is truly a signal from extraterrestrials is not terribly promising, and the discoverers themselves apparently doubt that they’ve found ET." The media reported literally the opposite. At this point you're better informed not following the news, if…

Post by ivanca » Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 2:38 AM UTC

aaron695 wrote: post #75

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #71

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A Google search for the terms antibiotic resistance livestock turns up: http://www.cdc.gov/narms/animals.html , http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-... , and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17600481 on the first page. Edit: In the off-chance this is about the media conspiracy theory thing... http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/feeding-antibiotic... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46016296/n…

I think they meant the conspiracy "media outlets are unlikely to point out the fact"

Post by Maskawanian » Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 2:56 AM UTC

antisthenes wrote: post #49

Maskawanian wrote: post #19

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And then you find that you are sexually incompatible with the person you married.

> sexually incompatible with the person you married That's as much of a myth as monogamy. Incompatible just means they're not attracted to you, or you to them. Call it what it is.

Post by noufalibrahim » Wed, Aug 31, 2016, 3:12 AM UTC

zackmorris wrote: post #60

Keep in mind that media outlets are unlikely to point out the fact that antibiotic resistance is mainly caused by antibiotic overuse on farms for livestock (due to the conflict of interest when so many ad dollars come from food). Yes, humans failing to finish their run for the time prescribed for them, and use of antibiotics for viral infections have been a problem too. But those are completely dwarfed by farm use. F…