UPDATE: New Drug-Resistant Superbugs Found in 3 States

[Skybird]

No, the threat is real, do not think of it in terms of swine flu. And it is self-made: because of the excessive abuse of penicillin and antibiotics even for diseases and minor issues where it absolutely is unneeded, but gets subscribed for reasons of easiness, comfort, or just habit, more and more bacteria strains become immune to antibiotics.

Or in the words of Dr. House, which in this case are absolutely true in reality as well: "This is our fault. doctors overprescribing antibiotics. Got a cold? Take some penicillin. Sniffles? No problem. Have some azithromyzin. Is that not working anymore? Well, got your levaquin. Anti-bacterial soaps in every bathroom. They' ll be adding vancomycin to the water supply soon. We bred these superbugs. They are our babies and they are all grown up, and they got body piercings and a lot of anger."

The problem is known since longer time, it is growing with increasing urgency, and we still have no drugs to replace those antibiotics that more and more become inefficient due to bacteria strains having become immune - despite tremendous research efforts being done. It is a top priority issue in the business. It's a classic case of evolutional adaptation of bacterias. And it means trouble.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Skybird

No, the threat is real, do not think of it in terms of swine flu. And it is self-made: because of the excessive abuse of penicillin and antibiotics even for diseases and minor issues where it absolutely is unneeded, but gets subscribed for reasons of easiness, comfort, or just habit, more and more bacteria strains become immune to antibiotics.

Very true, one of my mates takes antibiotics everytime he got even a bit of fever. Ridiculous.

Or in the words of Dr. House, which in this case are absolutely true in reality as well: "This is our fault. doctors overprescribing antibiotics. Got a cold? Take some penicillin. Sniffles? No problem. Have some azithromyzin. Is that not working anymore? Well, got your levaquin. Anti-bacterial soaps in every bathroom. They' ll be adding vancomycin to the water supply soon. We bred these superbugs. They are our babies and they are all grown up, and they got body piercings and a lot of anger."

Which reminds me; have to continue watching the rest of House I haven't seen yet, currently going over Life on Mars, prolly Ashes to Ashes after that, gotta love Gene Hunt.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Very true, one of my mates takes antibiotics everytime he got even a bit of fever. Ridiculous.

Which reminds me; have to continue watching the rest of House I haven't seen yet, currently going over Life on Mars, prolly Ashes to Ashes after that, gotta love Gene Hunt.

Trust, the Gene Genie

I'm so tired of being played the fool by scientists. I wish the rest of you would see the hucksterism so often involved.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Anti-bacterial soaps in every bathroom...

Hey, I dunno about the rest of you, but I have personally no problem with this at all I'd rather be taken down by a superbug that's developed because I always use purell than die from some wimpy complications from the flu I caught because I never washed after taking a tinkle

[Gerald]

and most people probably assumed that assumes most people handle it there after,but suffice it some idiotic acts, since it is driven

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Hey, I dunno about the rest of you, but I have personally no problem with this at all I'd rather be taken down by a superbug that's developed because I always use purell than die from some wimpy complications from the flu I caught because I never washed after taking a tinkle

thats quite an idiotic statement. its better to catch things that go away after a few days then to just upright die because people excessively wash their hands. There are very few common flu and cold deaths. What just because you wash your hands and may have avoided getting a simple cold a few times justifies that your going to die by the wriggly disgusting mass of bacteria? hell no. Its like a bully. Your the bully and hes the nerdy kid who you pick on. You pick on him so dam much he decides enough is enough. He goes and lifts weights and gets wicked ripped and comes and busts down your door, and decapitates you with his fists. was it worth getting a few laughs that the end result was that you were brutaly decapitated and killed?

Thats what your statement boils down too. If you were kidding, it still calls for this reply for anyone who DOES think that.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Oh I'm serious. Someone comes out of the restroom and shakes my hand he sure as heck had better have used some purifying liquids

[Zachstar]

The phamas are late for the next scare. Obviously for the good of investors they need to keep manufacturing pandemic scares with BS info in order to scare people into the hospitals.

Sorry but I call BS.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Skybird

It's a classic case of evolutional adaptation of bacterias. And it means trouble.

Indeed. We've trained these bugs to eat Triclosan for breakfast by putting it in everything from dish soap to toothpaste.