Why Are Antibiotics And Vaccines Failing Us? [4K] | The Battle Against Superbugs | Spark

Antibiotics designed to save us from bacteria have turned them into our deadliest enemies. Is there a solution to this emerging threat?
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[jamesbond]

Likely because we attempt to use them for things like the common cold, and minor infections...

[TedApelt]

I think phages are definitely the way to go because if the bacteria become resistant to it, the phage itself can mutate into something that will overcome that resistance. Antibiotics that are just chemical compounds with no reproductive abilities (like penicillin) are unable to do that.

[indy_go_blue]

Is this something new? I've been out of nursing for 20 years and we were concerned about drug-resistant bugs 30 years ago, thanks to over-prescribing and misuse of antibiotic. Stupid people/stupid doctors giving antibiotics for a common cold; people getting 7-10 days' worth of drugs stopping after 3-4 days because they "feel better" then saving the remainder for "the next time I get sick." I don't know how many people understand that resistance not only affects the survivors of a regimen, but they can also pass the resistant DNA on to other bacteria other than their "offspring."

[rabidbanshee]

This made me reflect on a couple of things, tuberculosis spreading through the Russian drug addict population and a USA Facebook friend who spoke of a very unpleasant STD which he had difficulty treating despite many different antibiotics.
A resistant bug will hit us like covid, sooner or later.

[chrispetersen]

End the practice of doctors being paid for prescribing to patients, and you eliminate the problem (if it isnt to late).

[snow]

This is why we need to put strong development into chemical nanotechnology. Not talking nanites here, but something relatively simple... Say you were to take an antibiotic, and then take silver, which has its own antimicrobial properties without modification, now, make a nanostructure that can attatch to the antibiotic... Now you not only combine their powers but you could, if done properly, give an antibiotic a spearhead to punch through the cellular walls of different bacteria.

As we get better at this, we can engineer more complex nanochemical mechanisms for optimising human health. Much better and more realistic solution than nanobots. It's all just chemistry.

[annoythedonkey]

I survived vancomycin resistant staph it was pure hell and left my body in shambles

[richardg]

Yes it's a long video but this is a complicated subject . Well done .

[harrietharlow]

I've been worried for over 30 years, ever since reading "When Antibiotics Fail" and The Coming Plague". The sad, yet maddening thing is that antibiotic resistance was known as far back as 1940 when a strain of E. coli was found to be able to inactivate penicillin by producing Penicillinase. That was over 80 years ago!

[La_Space]

Outstanding documentary by our Aussies. 🙏👏👏👏👏

[katiekane]

I've been at battle with a Pseudomonas sinus infection for many years. I've had surgeries & months of IV antibiotics via a PICC line. The organism develops resistances to even 3rd gen drugs within weeks. Wish someone would offer a cure for this.

[pauldusa]

the mess came from chicken, animal growers using antibiotics to grow bigger chickens, ect for decades

[eileenowen]

It's all about the money. Doctors prescribe the stuff for anything, and everything. Something they are told to do by big pharma.

[amandajones]

When I had my appendix out, I was half asleep and noticed the housekeeping lady used the same cleaning rag in the bathroom and then in my room!!! I immediately had my ex husband bring my iwn cleaning supplies and I cleaned my own room while waking around with an IV. No way was I going to die in their damn hospital due to germs.

[chrisfisher]

I think the biggest problem is all the antibiotics in our meat. From raising live stock and chickens etc

[AnkleDan]

Our immune system will take care of it but... the immune system has an limit.

[firstnationgamez]

Burning down the Amazon Rainforest does not make sense given the fact answers to our medicinal issues lay there.

[peterashby-saracen]

An excellent and very relevant documentary. I hesitate to mention this particular aspect, however, as I realise that I may open myself up to criticism. As an experienced English teacher with a particular interest in pronunciation, it has to be said that Dr Cornelia Lansdorfer is difficult to listen to due to her rising inflexion at the end of each phrase. For many native English speakers, this does not sound natural or comfortable and may well detract from the contents. Before anybody criticises me, I do not mean to offend anybody by pointing this out and I am well aware that Dr Lansdorfer is not a native speaker of English. Nevertheless, in order to make such important material accesible to an international audience, clarity in presentation is a matter of importance. Please feel free to comment on what I have said but, please, understand that my criticism is intended to be constructive and therefore do not accuse me of any form of prejudice.

[hindsight]

Hospitals need to be small clinics that only help a few people at a time . The super big hospitals are why we have these bugs . Too many sick people all crammed together .

[shanethecolloidalsilverman]

Anthrax can be killed with colloidal silver too it can break anthraxes hard shell