Sex infection gonorrhoea risks becoming "superbug"
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However, the reason why in large measure antibiotic resistance is developing, is because people don't finish the course of their antibiotics and the most resistant bacteria are still alive and left to now become the majority of that particular type of pathogen. Evolution and Natural Selection at work.
So it may not have been the point of the article this person was posting about, but it really isn't stupid.
I've read if G is in the throat, the person might not have any symptoms...MAY BE a sore throat. Most would probably dismiss it as just an everyday sore throat.
A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic.
The article does not say it has become a superbug already, only that it is showing signs of becoming one soon. So the party isn't over just YET. That may change in the next few years, but as of today it's still a treatable disease.
The advice to take all your medicine is good advice, as people failing to do so does indeed speed up the rate at which strains become resistant (as well as create huge problems for themselves by developing an untreatable case). We aren't going to succeed in teaching everyone to do that properly so the expectation would be that it will in fact become a superbug at some point, unless a new antibiotic or other treatment is found to combat it.
The article does not say it has become a superbug already, only that it is showing signs of becoming one soon. So the party isn't over just YET. That may change in the next few years, but as of today it's still a treatable disease.
The advice to take all your medicine is good advice, as people failing to do so does indeed speed up the rate at which strains become resistant (as well as create huge problems for themselves by developing an untreatable case). We aren't going to succeed in teaching everyone to do that properly so the expectation would be that it will in fact become a superbug at some point, unless a new antibiotic or other treatment is found to combat it.
Just another case of WHO generating publicity - masters of hyperbole. The "SuperBug/no effective antibiotics left that are effective" fear is not a new one - it has been around for 20 years. Nice to see WHO dust that one off to deflect attention away from their latest flu fiasco. Surprised to see you sucked in again so soon. You interested in buying a bridge in Brooklyn ?
