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Author Topic:   Terrible news. Just terrible. Urgent issue (antibiotic resistant bacteria hits USA!)
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05-28-2016 10:40 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by LamarkNewAge
05-27-2016 4:44 PM


Re: What To Focus On As A Nation
Because it is so big of an issue that the mainstream media (almost) silence is deafening.
Like climate change, scientists have been warning that microbes are evolving faster than new anti-biotics can be developed for decades now. MRSA has been with us since the 60's. We saw vancomycin get defeated by some strains in 2002.
I hear about MRSA outbreaks, along with the usual discussion about overuse of antibiotics for some time here in the UK.
If it isn't discussed much in American media I can only imagine they are worried about a large demographic of their audience being upset about evolution being discussed.

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