Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns
Common infections will kill millions if drug resistance through misuse of antibiotics is not curbed, says England’s ex-chief medical officer
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Haven't we known this since like forever at this point?
At this point, all we can do is take bets on which will do us in first: climate, super bugs, or nuclear war.
Giant Meteorite 2025, just end it all.
Wide problems usually overlap and compound each other. We'll be seeing the survivors of climate disasters ravaged by super-bug epidemics.
Unfortunately the repercussions of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already here. While not a human casualty, my dog died last year as a result of an antibiotic resistant staphylococcus UTI. We tried all possible medications that the cultures said might work, and nothing got rid of it completely, only reduced symptoms. In the end, our options were to put her down before she got sepsis, or after. (We obviously chose before, because we're not monsters, but saying goodbye to a beloved pet who still wants to run around and play and is happy because you know you can't save them is heartbreaking.)
Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem in both human and animal medicine. I hope we can reverse course on it, or make new discoveries to combat these bacteria. And if not, I hope we legalize human euthanasia before then so I don't have to suffer the fate of a sepsis death.
It's not a problem I can stop whenever I want. I'm just not going to.
snorts line of penecillin fuck yeah superbugs