User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: New CDC report on superbugs is full of bad news

  1. #1
    Original Ranter
    Points: 858,965, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496533
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,669
    Points
    858,965
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,211
    Thanked 147,543x in 94,397 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    New CDC report on superbugs is full of bad news

    New CDC report on superbugs is full of bad news

    I and others have posted about this very serious issue before. The way things are going, you will be in serious jeopardy of dying from bacterial infections that do not respond to our antibiotics.

    The U.S. and the world continue to lose ground against antibiotic resistance, according to a new report out this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And among other things, the number of superbugs that pose a dire threat to the health of Americans has only gotten larger in the past half decade.

    In 2013, the CDC issued a first of its kind report on antibiotic resistant infections in the U.S. It provided a conservative estimate of how often these infections sicken and kill Americans every year, as well as listed off a rogues gallery’s of resistant fungi and bacteria that were becoming common problems. These microbes were ranked by threat level, from concerning to urgent. Back then, the CDC estimated that more than 2 million people in the U.S. contracted these infections annually, while at least 23,000 died as a result.






    By 2019, the situation has only gotten worse. The CDC’s latest estimates are that nearly 3 million people get infected by superbugs annually, while 35,900 die. And not only is the overall health impact of these infections growing, so are the dangerous pathogens that cause them.
    ***

    There’s no immediate future where antibiotics stop working for all infections. But our lives and those of our loved ones will change for the worse long before we reach that point. Everything from giving birth to receiving a life-saving transplant depends on antibiotics to keep people safe. Without any significant advances against antibiotic resistance in the years to come, more of us will needlessly suffer and die.




    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  2. The Following User Says Thank You to Peter1469 For This Useful Post:

    Cotton1 (11-15-2019)

  3. #2
    Points: 119,120, Level: 83
    Level completed: 83%, Points required for next Level: 530
    Overall activity: 51.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album pictures50000 Experience PointsOverdriveVeteran
    Cotton1's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    24495
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    Mid-South
    Posts
    33,210
    Points
    119,120
    Level
    83
    Thanks Given
    27,205
    Thanked 24,504x in 16,031 Posts
    Mentioned
    146 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    Of even greater concern is the US does not produce much of the drug supply we could so desperately need. China and India does.
    https://www-usnews-com.cdn.ampprojec...r-experts-warn
    I'm yo.
    This my brother yo
    We yo yo

  4. #3
    Original Ranter
    Points: 858,965, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496533
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,669
    Points
    858,965
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,211
    Thanked 147,543x in 94,397 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Cotton1 View Post
    Of even greater concern is the US does not produce much of the drug supply we could so desperately need. China and India does.
    https://www-usnews-com.cdn.ampprojec...r-experts-warn
    Especially when their drugs are contaminated with stuff like jet fuel.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  5. #4
    Points: 174,762, Level: 99
    Level completed: 28%, Points required for next Level: 2,888
    Overall activity: 23.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteranTagger First Class50000 Experience Points
    Dr. Who's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    870666
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Gallifrey
    Posts
    69,089
    Points
    174,762
    Level
    99
    Thanks Given
    12,826
    Thanked 12,929x in 8,807 Posts
    Mentioned
    206 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Especially when their drugs are contaminated with stuff like jet fuel.
    The fewer antibiotics you take the better off you are. The same with things like flu shots. Antibiotics are being defeated because irresponsible doctors hand them out like candy and the farm industry mixes them with the animal feed so the nasty bacteria are becoming resistant. The stats show that people who consistently get flu shots are more likely to succumb to any other strain of flu that is going around. We need to keep our natural immunities healthy and fight off more bugs rather than looking for a miracle cure that doesn't exist. Every time you take an antibiotic you destroy your natural biome of bacteria and leave yourself open to overgrowth of unhealthy bacteria.

    We need to be far more judicious in our uses of antibiotics and antivirals or we will end up creating super bugs that will kill millions if not billions of people.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



    "The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  6. The Following User Says Thank You to Dr. Who For This Useful Post:

    Orion Rules (11-16-2019)

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts