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Bad Dog

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Thu May 19, 2016, 02:49 AM May 2016

Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds' [View all]

Source: BBC

Superbugs will kill someone every three seconds by 2050 unless the world acts now, a hugely influential report says.

The global review sets out a plan for preventing medicine "being cast back into the dark ages" that requires billions of dollars of investment.

It also calls for a revolution in the way antibiotics are used and a massive campaign to educate people.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36321394

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Chances are good that Supetbug will get me before 2050 Voice for Peace May 2016 #1
It's the subsequent generations that will suffer. Bad Dog May 2016 #2
There are vaccines for malaria anigbrowl May 2016 #7
Even so, if malaria primarily affected Wall Street brokers Bad Dog May 2016 #13
Talk is cheap, science is difficult anigbrowl May 2016 #55
I don't have time for people who feel the need to be taken Oh so seriously. Bad Dog May 2016 #56
You didn't know there were vaccines for malaria anigbrowl May 2016 #57
I know you think your opinion is very important. Bad Dog May 2016 #58
In places like China, antibiotics are snagglepuss May 2016 #3
And there's the attitude. Bad Dog May 2016 #4
That is true, and a problem, but in this country the big problem is antibiotics given to livestock, still_one May 2016 #5
In this country we did not vaccinate against foot and mouth Bad Dog May 2016 #12
The same in the US, if you go to a pet store. happyslug May 2016 #48
It is a problem, and a lot of work with new classes of antibiotics, bacterial phages, and vaccines still_one May 2016 #6
So, if we change our approach and put people above profits, we will be saved. jtuck004 May 2016 #8
On the radio they were talking about about trying to disconnect profits from sales. Bad Dog May 2016 #14
You hit the core of the problem mdbl May 2016 #21
Market forces only serve those who can afford to go to the market. Bad Dog May 2016 #22
Greed should never be a prime mover for economic activity. ronnie624 May 2016 #53
Well yes. Bad Dog May 2016 #54
K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #9
My pleasure. Bad Dog May 2016 #16
Cold and dank...yes! My building's central heat is STILL on... Surya Gayatri May 2016 #17
I put the heating on last night too. Bad Dog May 2016 #18
By 2050, On the Road May 2016 #10
That's what I was wondering. We need to get beyond the 4 humors, so to speak. jtuck004 May 2016 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #11
All Humans Succumb To Death - Accept Fate And Move On cantbeserious May 2016 #15
You ARE a robot. Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #28
Clearly Then - A Mortal Robot cantbeserious May 2016 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy May 2016 #20
That's a start. n/t kayakjohnny May 2016 #23
K and R riversedge May 2016 #24
Poverty already kills someone every 3 seconds knightmaar May 2016 #25
Tobacco kills 5 million every year padfun May 2016 #26
Yes, and at least rich people get richer from tobacco, which is the most important thing valerief May 2016 #31
That's because antibiotics work. Bad Dog May 2016 #36
NORTH CAROLINA BETTER GET BUSY... cynzke May 2016 #27
I wouldn't put it past those idiots! nt valerief May 2016 #30
Transgender Bugs - Who Knew cantbeserious May 2016 #34
So how do hedge fund managers get rich from it? If that isn't possible, then we all die, cuz valerief May 2016 #29
Every 3 seconds? That sounds like bogus science to me. Nitram May 2016 #32
It's from the BBC. Bad Dog May 2016 #35
I respect the BBC, but I suspect a scientist did not write that headline. Nitram May 2016 #37
It was written by health editor James Gallagher. Bad Dog May 2016 #38
He wrote the headline? Nitram May 2016 #39
Why don't you follow the link? Bad Dog May 2016 #40
I read the story at the link. The article does not say he wrote his own headline. Nitram May 2016 #41
Believe what you want. Bad Dog May 2016 #42
Sorry, I just have a problem with the way science is reported sometimes. Nitram May 2016 #44
The same words were used on the telly last night. Bad Dog May 2016 #45
You can't go wrongg with news on the telly. Nitram May 2016 #46
It's different from a headline. Bad Dog May 2016 #47
If you multiply that out, it comes to 10.5 million per year padfun May 2016 #43
That wasn't the headline, it came from within the article. Vesper May 2016 #52
It won't make a dent in human overpopulation though FLPanhandle May 2016 #49
What is needed is to legalized over the counter Penicillin. happyslug May 2016 #50
That's only around 10.5 M people lapfog_1 May 2016 #51
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