moorfield wrote:rikutafes wrote:I just found out about the existence of superbugs (bacteria that can't be killed by antibiotics) and the fact that they are spreading more and more. So if you get infected by them it's extremely hard if not impossible to get rid of them as they are practically immortal. Real scary stuff..
Quite so. We've all been obsessed with coronaviruses for the last two years, but antibiotic resistance is a huge problem that scientists have been warning on for years. A ticking timebomb, and harder to contain than by just locking us all up (viz. rat bourne plague).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60058120
On the plus side:
Engineered viruses can fight the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
https://theconversation.com/engineered-viruses-can-fight-the-rise-of-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-154337