Antibiotic-resistant bacteria projected to kill 39 million people by 2050, report says • FRANCE 24

Bacterial infections resistant to available antibiotic medicines will cause more than 39 million deaths worldwide over the next 25 years and indirectly contribute to an additional 169 million deaths, according to a forecast published on Monday. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Ben Cooper, Professor of Epidemiology at the Centre for Global Health Research at Oxford University and one of the authors of the report. He says that vaccines, hygiene and antibiotic education are key to avoiding this crisis.
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[rinynewton]

People always laugh when they hear that here in the Netherlands we only get first paracetamol subscribed before antibiotics. This is the very reason behind this, to prevent antibiotics resistance!!

[r.]

I overheard a conversation between an acquaintance of mine, and a stranger, regarding antibiotics. The stranger had just stopped taking antibiotics prescribed for some kind of illness because she felt she could handle it from there on in. My acquaintance was vigorously agreeing, saying that she also stops taking antibiotics as soon as she feels better because she felt she would strengthen her immune system that way. When we were alone I asked her if she had considered how she was contributing to antibiotic resistance. She asked me what that was and didn't believe me when I explained how it worked. She'd never heard of bacterial mutation etc, and I think that far too many people on this planet remain ignorant about this life-and-death issue, whether through lack of education, or *deliberate choice.* To misuse antibiotics when you know better is selfish and largely what has set our species on this devastating trajectory.

[aleottobre]

Italy is so lagging behind on this matter...

[mr.mrs.d.]

When I was a child in the late 60's, my great aunt was a nurse and she would give us giant bottles containing 5000 capsules of tetracycline to use if we had a "bad cold." When I think on that now I am mortified. This was in the US by the way. Scary stuff

[freeflowtrader]

Mostly in Heavy pig farm nations. You’re welcome.

Doesn’t mean cow or lamb meats are healthy either, how’s the infected is those Indian rivers right? Bubble flowing and they sometimes feed cattle these Water.

When you go into Africa even if some of the wild animals are drinking heavy metal acid rain murky water at least it doesn’t have these stuff.

Heavy metal and acid rain came from pollution and co2, so animals should sarcastically thank all the humans even if they’re in the wild

[richardraymond]

There are medicinal plants that sre antibacterial

[DS]

Infectious Diseases: oh no.

We have failed.

[DiegoMolina]

Perhaps the problem is that we aren't using enough antibiotics, allowing diseases to progress without treatment for years. The worst diseases and conditions often don't cause a fever. Many doctors won't prescribe antibiotics unless you have a high-grade fever.

These are some of asymptomatic diseases:

tuberculosis, breast cancer, endometriosis, HIV/AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, chlamydia, hypertension, common colds/flu, and type-2 diabetes mellitus