I have to believe these super bugs evolved, in part, because of the US hysteria about germs.
mmm...Yes and no. Yes, over prescribing of antibiotics and misuse contributed to the rapid emergence of the multiple resistant strains in the last twenty to thirty years, but at the same time, microbes and viruses are the rulers of this earth any way you look at it. They are gangbusters at evolution. Frankly, I'm more concerned about the well known effects of the antibiotic run off just from handsoaps etc on flora and fauna (not to mention microbes themselves).
The biggest thing is the doctors themselves are idiots. It made me sick every time that I saw a doctor at the university wearing their white lab coat outside to get food at the truck - you know it didn't get changed before they saw patients (or vice versa). It's generally very idiotic habits that people have the contribute to the widespread contamination of a hospital.
The one that gets me is that you know the vacinne that was developed w/in the last ten years that targets the virus that is responsible for 80% of all infant ear infections? Turns out, that guy was our buddy. Since that niche has been cleared out, a little brother virus that never caused any problem has started taking over -- except it tends to cause a higher percentage of meningitis and even deaths.
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mmm...Yes and no. Yes, over prescribing of antibiotics and misuse contributed to the rapid emergence of the multiple resistant strains in the last twenty to thirty years, but at the same time, microbes and viruses are the rulers of this earth any way you look at it. They are gangbusters at evolution. Frankly, I'm more concerned about the well known effects of the antibiotic run off just from handsoaps etc on flora and fauna (not to mention microbes themselves).
The biggest thing is the doctors themselves are idiots. It made me sick every time that I saw a doctor at the university wearing their white lab coat outside to get food at the truck - you know it didn't get changed before they saw patients (or vice versa). It's generally very idiotic habits that people have the contribute to the widespread contamination of a hospital.
The one that gets me is that you know the vacinne that was developed w/in the last ten years that targets the virus that is responsible for 80% of all infant ear infections? Turns out, that guy was our buddy. Since that niche has been cleared out, a little brother virus that never caused any problem has started taking over -- except it tends to cause a higher percentage of meningitis and even deaths.