FLIG 12:11 Tue Dec 22
Antibiotic apocalypse
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This looks very serious
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35153795
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Nurse Ratched
6:33 Tue Dec 22
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mashed in typhoidmaryland.
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mashed in maryland
6:32 Tue Dec 22
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Never used antibiotics in my life as far as I know.
Or pain killers.
Don't think I've ever been ill enough to be administered them either.
Does this mean I won't die?
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ohgodno
4:34 Tue Dec 22
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Coffee 1:46 Tue Dec 22
It's a threat similar to the one where rats became immune to a type of poison. When the poison started being used sensibly the rats lost their immunity.
Once we stop dicking about an over using anti-biotics the problem will disappear. It's completely solvable. People who get MDR infections are fucked but they are not me so I don't care.
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RH
3:59 Tue Dec 22
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Guess this must all have fallen through then
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11331174/First-new-antibiotic-in-30-years-discovered-in-major-breakthrough.html
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Nurse Ratched
3:43 Tue Dec 22
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"Considering it's the BBC I'm quite surprised the analysis is so one-sided"
Let's just let that sit there for a bit.
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Robson
3:20 Tue Dec 22
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Considering it's the BBC I'm quite surprised the analysis is so one-sided - completely ignoring recent positive developments. Obviously scare-mongering, but I guess that's what they need to do if they want to prolong the effectiveness of what we've got available now.
I read the other day about a completely new branch of antibiotics they're developing on a different principle. Can't remember the details but sounded hopeful, though still a couple of years away. I think the trouble was the antibiotics they developed years ago were so effective, they didn't bother developing any more as there was no financial incentive.
They just need to do some catching up, then we'll all be fine!
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Mr Anon
1:54 Tue Dec 22
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It is serious. but not a disaster, we just invent a new batch as always, although that can't go on indefinitely
What we need to stop is feeding antibiotics to livestock on an industrial scale.
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Coffee
1:49 Tue Dec 22
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:-)
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Northern Sold
1:48 Tue Dec 22
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Yes it does coffee... I've never had antibiotics work on me and I'm still alive... the things are fucking rubbish anyway... we'll still be on this same thread in 40 years time... sol stop the panicking and grab yourself a red stripe
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Coffee
1:46 Tue Dec 22
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NS
From my admittedly incomplete understanding, the threat is potentially far greater than "low" and does not deserve to be dismissed as an old-fashioned panic.
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Northern Sold
1:42 Tue Dec 22
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`Officials say the threat to human health is low, but is under ongoing review`.
Yeah looks really serious..... nothing like a good old fashioned WHO panic up.... this place is full of piss stained 13 year old girls
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Nurse Ratched
1:39 Tue Dec 22
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Geep, dream on.
I won't get involved until about 6 billion people have been taken out. Herd needs thinning.
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BRANDED
11:26 Tue Dec 22
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We need something. We're rampant and utterly out of control.
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gph
11:19 Tue Dec 22
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*takes note of yngwies' dangerous job in case of need for funeral oration*
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ohgodno
11:16 Tue Dec 22
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Bacteria mutate at a fantastic rate. If they don't use resistance they'll lose it quickly because of there'll be no selection pressure on them to keep it and genetic drift.
It won't be an apocalypse it will be like a tide of death sweeping backwards and forwards with periods when humans have useful anti-biotics and periods when we are a bit fucked.
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yngwies Cat
10:17 Tue Dec 22
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Last Wednesday I was standing in Old Father Thames taking water samples at 5.30 in the morning for a study looking at antibiotic resistant bacteria.
I might drop a mention of Whoers concern in my acceptence speech when I pick up my Nobel Peace prize.
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mashed in maryland
10:17 Tue Dec 22
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Yeah. We're all fucked.
Been on the cards for a while now.
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gph
2:15 Tue Dec 22
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Nurse Ratched will simply tell them off, and they won't dare to infect anyone.
She may be busy for the next decade or so, though.
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FLIG
12:25 Tue Dec 22
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Calm down gank.
You are wrong. It has a lot to do with football. Think about it!
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gank
12:18 Tue Dec 22
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Absolutely nothing to do with West Ham whatsoever. Delete this shit.
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