The Age of the Superbug Is Here
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The Age of the Superbug Is Here
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#3easy solution is to just heavily tax dairy, livestock and other industries that produce hundreds of billions of bacteria testing grounds (animals) per year at the same time using last-resport antibiotics to spur growth and reap profits.
or give extreme tax benefits to those that don't use antibiotics.
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#4We got a scare a couple of years back when our teenage son got an eye infection - the doctors and eye hospital went through five different antibiotics before finally finding something that fixed it, which was quite stressful.
NB When you are warned not to wear contact lenses in swimming pools - take it seriously! We're almost certain that's how he got the problem.
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#5easy solution is to just heavily tax dairy, livestock and other industries that produce hundreds of billions of bacteria testing grounds (animals) per year at the same time using last-resport antibiotics to spur growth and reap profits. or give extreme tax benefits to those that don't use antibiotics.
You think paying more for your food will make bacteria stop reacting to selective pressure?
Or do you think we can stop relying on 'organic' food?(in the biochemical sense, not the hippie meaning)
Either way I've got some bad news for you
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#6This is an amazing video[1] from Harvard Medical School released couple of days ago showing evolution of bacteria that evolve in 10 days to become resistant to antibiotics.
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#7This is an amazing video[1] from Harvard Medical School released couple of days ago showing evolution of bacteria that evolve in 10 days to become resistant to antibiotics. [1] https://youtu.be/plVk4NVIUh8
Paper behind the experiment:
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#8easy solution is to just heavily tax dairy, livestock and other industries that produce hundreds of billions of bacteria testing grounds (animals) per year at the same time using last-resport antibiotics to spur growth and reap profits. or give extreme tax benefits to those that don't use antibiotics.
You think paying more for your food will make bacteria stop reacting to selective pressure? Or do you think we can stop relying on 'organic' food?(in the biochemical sense, not the hippie meaning) Either way I've got some bad news for you
If the choice is cheap meat or antibiotics (and yes I know it's not quite that simple) then I'll take antibiotics.
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#9This is an amazing video[1] from Harvard Medical School released couple of days ago showing evolution of bacteria that evolve in 10 days to become resistant to antibiotics. [1] https://youtu.be/plVk4NVIUh8
It is amazing. They've been doing that experiment for a while now, so I hope the video makes people realise how serious it is.
Here's a clip with a bit more information from the BBC Horizon popular science programme. http://v6.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=24goih4&s=6 (Sorry for the sub-optimal hosting, but YouTube's contentID blocks this clip.)
One of the things they don't mention in that video is what the safe human dose of that antibiotic is. I'm not sure where on that slab the dose of antibiotics starts killing humans.
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#10easy solution is to just heavily tax dairy, livestock and other industries that produce hundreds of billions of bacteria testing grounds (animals) per year at the same time using last-resport antibiotics to spur growth and reap profits. or give extreme tax benefits to those that don't use antibiotics.
You think paying more for your food will make bacteria stop reacting to selective pressure? Or do you think we can stop relying on 'organic' food?(in the biochemical sense, not the hippie meaning) Either way I've got some bad news for you
I can understand what he meant:
Heavy use of antibiotics in diary and poultry industry is a significant factor contributing to drug resistant bacteria.
In other words, these industries are actively providing the selection pressure you referring here.