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Originally Posted by victorianpunk
ISIS terrorists can be stopped at airports, can be stopped by police, could experience equipment failure etc and even if they do succeed, what's the most they can do? Kill a few hundred to about a thousand or so people.
What about that which can and will kill HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people and may well throw our civilization back to the dark ages? Or at least, the dark ages of medicine?
In China, what has finally appeared? Bacteria that is immune to EVERY SINGLE ANTIBIOTIC. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
And this is a general mutation that could hop into other strains of bacteria. Basically, in five years or so, we're going to see people in the prime of their lives dying from Pink-Eye and Salmonella.
And where is Washington on this? Where are the candidates? Where are the people flipping out and demanding action? Cue the crickets!
Scientists literally have to go back to the drawing board and come up with new antibiotics, and fast. This mutation is GUARANTEED to spread, and at best it may be delayed by a few years.
But by all means, continue to be terrified of the Syrian refugees, the Mexicans, the "evil 1%" or whatever else your favorite demagogues from either party are going on about. Ignore the real threat and remain the mindless pack of sheeple society has turned you into.
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Tin-foil hat alert. You sound like Jack T. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove. The consensus says that your worries are unfounded, and your government wouldn't allow anything for your dinner table that isn't safe.
Tell me more about this consensus.
Why do you keep talking about "the scientists" like they are on your side? Medicine and the scientific community are well aware of antibiotic resistance. Did you miss the part where this came from a pig farm?
Why do you keep talking about "the scientists" like they are on your side? Medicine and the scientific community are well aware of antibiotic resistance.
The science is settled, and an overwhelming majority of scientists say otherwise. It's proven safe for the dinner table, or else your government wouldn't allow it in meats. Science wins again.
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The science is settled, and an overwhelming majority say otherwise. It's proven safe for the dinner table, or else your government wouldn't allow it in meats.
Uh huh. Trolling time is over Timmy. Go to bed and let the grown ups talk.
Location: Pittsburgh (via Chicago, via Pittsburgh)
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The standards in place that are set by the USDA are perfectly safe. You're distrustful of science.
This is about new strains of antibiotic resistance brought about by overuse of antibiotics in animals. Did you read the actual article by The Lancet...can you understand? Do you get how antibiotics and bacteria work?
This is about new strains of antibiotic resistance brought about by overuse of antibiotics in animals. Did you read the actual article by The Lancet...can you understand?
Your government wouldn't allow anything on your plate unless it was safe for consumption. And the consensus among scientists is that it's safe. More scientists have determined it's safe. You hate science.
Don't tease!
I've been praying for the zombie apocalypse!
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