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Bad Dog

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54. Well yes.

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:56 PM

May 2016

It's an efficient system, but that's all it is, it shouldn't be allowed to run wild, it's not something to be worshipped.

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Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds' [View all] Bad Dog May 2016 OP

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