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In reply to the discussion: Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds' [View all]Vesper
(229 posts)52. That wasn't the headline, it came from within the article.
They took the current number of deaths per year (700,000) and modeled it to 2050, reached 10 million per year and then broke it down to how many people per second.
It's not "science" at all, but not necessarily bogus either.
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That is true, and a problem, but in this country the big problem is antibiotics given to livestock,
still_one
May 2016
#5
It is a problem, and a lot of work with new classes of antibiotics, bacterial phages, and vaccines
still_one
May 2016
#6
On the radio they were talking about about trying to disconnect profits from sales.
Bad Dog
May 2016
#14
Yes, and at least rich people get richer from tobacco, which is the most important thing
valerief
May 2016
#31
So how do hedge fund managers get rich from it? If that isn't possible, then we all die, cuz
valerief
May 2016
#29