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Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning
January 24, 2013 at 6:39 pm
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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RE: Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning
January 24, 2013 at 6:45 pm
You mean...................They're EVOLVING?
What will the jesus freaks do?
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RE: Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning
January 24, 2013 at 7:11 pm
Natural selection begins.... people with weak immune systems fall behind... oh, the horror!
But wait, this means pharmaceutical companies want more funding to develop more medication against this invisible threat. If video games have taught me one thing, it's that big pharma is never concerned with the well being of the people...
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RE: Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning
January 25, 2013 at 11:19 pm
Our immune system is in a constant war with bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. Survival of the fittest has gone back and forth, with our immune system fighting them off and them evolving ways to get around our immune system. Then our immune system evolves to find a way around their defenses and the cycle continues, constantly.
The big change over the past 200 or so years is that instead of our biology changing, our technology has been what's changing. We aren't relying on our bodies to naturally product ways to fight off bacteria or viruses; we're developing antibiotics and vaccines. The problem is, if the bacteria is following the next logical step and evolving to get around those, our technology is going to also have to take the next step towards getting around the bacteria defenses.
All in all, the best advise for everyone is to wash your hands a lot and keep your environment clean.
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RE: Antibiotic 'apocalypse' warning
January 26, 2013 at 6:08 am
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
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