Super-bugs - Urgent Threat

 Nightmare outbreak in Illinois
When the expert worry you know it is time to consider a new way of life.  I'm thinking igloo.  This is out of our control now and someday it will cut loose.


Superbug Threat Urgent - CDC 
Efforts to manage the growing resistance of drugs to newly forming super-bugs is a losing battle.  It is one that experts claim is a result of overuse of antibiotics and therefore doctors should be less willing to dispense them.  So you go in for a tick bite and show some signs of concern but the doctor might hold back so as not to over-prescribe while you get a dose of Lyme disease.  Don't say it can't happen because it has and does.  Meanwhile, you can go to the third world, Mexico for example, and pick out what you need right across the counter.  So tell me how doctors will actually slow the spread of resistant bacteria while the flea market sale of antibiotics is going on.  Another issue is that research on new drugs isn't happening or at least not at past rates.  Instead, through government regulation research has dwindled and we give away billions overseas for wasted projects while we can't seem to fund important research like this.  Grab your hat because we are in for a rough ride.

In 20 years or less we may lose access to antibiotics and go back to 19th century medicine
Over use of these drugs has done the job.  It is in the chicken feed, and other food given to stock animals.  Doctors give you an antibiotic prescription every time you get sick even though many times it is a virus.  It doesn't look good unless you are hoping to see a big culling.

Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Sickens Millions
I have four words to describe what needs to be done to protect yourself from this one.
KEEP YOUR PANTS ON

23,000 Killed Each Year By Super-bugs
Statistically this number may not get you but eventually it will get someone you know.  More importantly, this number will probably increase drastically as the super-bug population increases over time.  The number one thing to do is stay out of hospitals if at all possible.  The number two thing is to treat all wounds immediately as if you are at risk of serious infection.  The number three thing  is to make your own food and not buy it prepared from a restaurant.  Finally, as stated before, keep you pants on since sexually transmitted disease is the most preventable by not imbibing.  If you must, wear protection.

Man dies within hours from Seawater borne bacteria.
This should help get you thinking clearly about all the risks from bacteria out there.  Cook your own food, never go barefoot into water and if given a choice stay out of brackish or warm water of any kind.  This risk is much greater than it has ever been.

Another Kind of Superbug - Giant Killer Hornets
This is a great idea for immigration.  Bring these things into the USA along with snake-head fish and an unending torrent of aliens that hate us but want the great country we built.