What bothers you more, the growing problem of antibiotic resistance or the bird flu and why?
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but on the other hand bird flu could cause a potentially HUGE epidemic and kill thousands.
i asked this question before and only got 2 answers.... what's your opinion?
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I'm more concerned about the antibiotic resistance. Nowadays, the TV news says we're in an epidemic when only a few people have gotten said disease (in this case, bird flu). It's nothing like the real epidemics (flu and otherwise) that we have had in our history (even in the 1900's!) Bird flu will eventually fade away like most everything else they predict. However, we have always had a need for antibiotics, and up to this point, we have perfected them... then we realized that the germs were adapting. That means that we're going to be fighting for ways to save ourselves from the same things, forever. If germs mutated in a way that would render antibiotics uneffective tomorrow (and science has shown that they can and will mutate fast and without warning) our whole world would end in a state of chaos. It would be like before we had antibiotics, only with stronger germs and billions of people wondering why they can't be cured anymore. It's a scary thought.
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The antibotic resistance...
Antibotics are how you treat a lot of infections...what happens when they don't work?? Ohhh right, you die.
Now the most powerful antibotics, you know the ones that "were" only supposed to be used for the most serious of cases, are now adminstered too often.
Yea the bird flu is bad, but what happens if you have nothing to treat it? Ohhh right, even more people die.
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Antibiotic resistance.
You simply cannot get away from triclosan these days, and it makes me nuts to see it used in so many places. People don't understand that when you kill off 99% of bacteria, you're leaving the strongest 1% to reproduce. It's like forcing an evolutionary hand. And the tin-foil-hat-wearing part of me wonders if pharmaceutical companies are turning a blind eye to it, because in the end, it makes them more money.
I'm more afraid of antibiotic resistance. That happens everywhere and is hard to control or isolate. Whenever it does happen, we have to start from square 1. Bird flu, it much easier to isolate and control and we don't need to start from square 1.
Steps have to be taken to preserve our body to withstand the bacterias instead of going round the way to put antibiotics
I am more concerned about the antibiotic resistance. I had strep throat two months ago and the first round of antis I took (correctly) didn't kill it completely; I had to ge a stronger prescription! I think this is going to affect all of us in a big way sooner than we think. You would be amazed at the people who are still ignorant of the fact they have to finish all of their prescription, and instead just toss it when they feel better!
i don't need to tell you that overuse of antibiotics has created this resistance doctors are too quick to issue them we also have mrsa or the super bug in hospitals which claim lives every year perhaps its nature reacting to our overcrowded planet
I would have to say the antibiotic resistant infections bother me more. I've already been affected by one resistant strain and it nearly killed me.
antibiotic resistance without a doubt...that is already happening. bird flu is a 'what if', beacause it still hasn't mutated into a human strain. i think overall, long term, antibiotic resistance is the biggest threat to humankind
Most definitely, I am more concerned about antibiotic resistance.
For one, because it means that we will lose our ability to fight things like bird flu when they come around.
For another, because bird flu (and epidemics like it) are nature's way of thinning out the population - much like wildfires thin out the forest. Yes, it may kill thousands, but when you look at that number as a percentage of the overall population, it's pretty minor.
Antibiotic resistance is a lot more troubling, in that it makes many common infections life threatening, or at best, makes the medical profession have to pull out high end antibiotics and use them to save people.In the not-so-distant past, lower-ended antibiotics would have worked nearly as well. I wouldn't want to have to use a magic bullet, so to speak, until I absolutely have to.
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The antibiotic issue troubles me more, because it affects treatment of many more illnesses. Doctors have been bad to prescribe antibiotics for things that don't need them...and their patients are even worse about taking them properly...I know several people, right now, who have 'leftover' antibiotics at home from a past illness...they felt better so quit taking them...next time they feel bad, they'll take those leftovers *shakes head* before seeing their doc again...
We (humans) are our own worst enemy in this situation...whether it's laziness, or expense (drugs can be $$) something needs to be done, before we start coming up with more and more illnesses that antibiotics can't touch, because the "bugs" have gotten too strong and resistant.
People...if a doc gives you antibiotics for something...take them as prescribed until they are GONE. Even if you feel better before you finish them...do not stop taking them (unless doc tells you to) and DO NOT take any leftover antibiotics that you have or a friend offers you, if you become ill. You're just making things worse for us all, if you do.
I believe that the bird flu concerns me more. This particular avian flu is only five mutations away from the ability to infect humans. The problem with the avian flu is that all vaccines are grown is chicken eggs. The flu infects the birds right, therefore, we will be unable to mass produce a vaccine. Yes, there are other ways to create vaccines, but it is expensive to mass produce vaccines this way. There is always going to be bacteria that are resistant to medications, and yes, this is becoming a problem also because MRSA is becoming vancomycin resistant and there are not many medications that can treat this without causing harm to humans. I believe these issues hold equal weight of bothersomeness to me.
I think a lot of people worry more about the bird flu because it could be potentially transferred by chickens (which we eat) and there is no cure. True, staphylococcus and tuberculosis are mutating and are becoming harder to stop, but there was a cure at one time. So when people hear "Tuberculosis" they don't think "Uh oh! Incurable!" I think educating the general public about these matters would help research and heighten awareness.
The bird flu would be much easier to transfer I think if it was to mutate.
The growing problem of disease resistance to antibiotics will have a greater long-term consequence for the reason you're saying -- the bird flu is just one virus.
And it bothers me that some diseases seem to get preferential (muscular dystrophy over Labor Day weekend, and AIDS nearly the rest of the time) funding and treatment, resources that are, to be frank, being wasted when there are diseases that we KNOW can be cured or treated and little's being done that I see to streamline access to those medicines.
Once our medical establishment becomes more concerned about overall health of people rather than quick fixes, there will be enough resources to deal with potential epidemics because we'll be working on curing the diseases, not their symptoms. And even we non-doctors and physicians can help with that by leading better, healthier lifestyles.
I hope this helps and doesn't sound too much like a rant, but your question raised a big concern I have. Have a terrific day!
antibiotic resistance...
because it only means that diseases are now getting stronger as compared to the antibiotics that we humans are developing.
First, we'll be having more epidemics - the likes of bird flu - than develop new antibiotics to fight it.
Second, most of what we eat are also contaminated with chemicals or pesticides....now surely this helps in the deterioration of our natural antibodies to guard our system from harmful bacteria...
third, polution is geting worst and we are all having things at an INSTANTANEOUS speed. Your noodles, buying of some stuff...everything in instant mode....so we are going to die....INSTANTLY too....
Actually, to me the problem with antibiotic resistance actually scares me. With doctors pacifying patients giving out antibiotics like candy for the least little thing, and coupled with the fact that patient compliance in the proper taking of antibiotics is also a problem can be even worse than bird flu. At this point, I believe that bird flu is mostly media hype. I wonder what will be the next media hype. I can remember people literally freaking out because of Lyme Disease, some to the point of getting rid of their beloved pets. To me the most danger to us now, is a terrorist group exploding a nuclear weapon, or something else in a highly populated place. That has more potential to harm and kill than bird flu. Best of luck to you.
well i totally agree with you.. for me too, growing problem of antibiotic resistance is way more serious than bird flu.. u'll b amazed by no of bacterias & other microorganism not responding to wat was once known as the best treatment for it..
this problem of resistence is not only limited to bacterias, but also spreading to other groups too.. n i think we r only responsible for it.. we take very lightly on suggested dose of antibiotic n frequency.. we think wat will happen if we miss a dose or two, but it only helps organism to develop a way to fight against it n they r really smart, n can develop it by no of way..
plus there's also practice of giving higher antibiotics for a normal infection, jus to get patient on his feets quickly.. but we dont realize the harm it is causing.. wen a patients gets anything serious, we then come to know that he's already resistant to other antibiotics..
somehow i feel bird flu will b under control by advent of new vaccines.. i might b wrong on this.. but it really irritates me wen i c someone taking antibiotic for a trivial infection for a dose or two.. n feel that's going to cure all..
Definitely antibiotic resistance. The problem is people like to be medicated. I worked in a pharmacy for years, and could not get some people to grasp the concept that antibiotics are useless in the treatment of viral illnesses, especially colds. The doctors who unnecessarily prescribe are just as stupid. The thought of a bird flu pandemic, or epidemic rarely enters my mind. See link.
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