NEWS: More Antiobiotic Resistant Illness Coming Right Up

CULTURE: More Antiobiotic Resistant Illness Coming Right Up

Folks who were interested in FearTheReaper's post about antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea might find this little news story worth reading. The FDA is planning on approving one of the last-resort antibiotics for use in cattle -- despite the fact that there are a dozen other drugs that work on bovine respiratory disease (the disease the drug's to be used for), while the drug in question is a version of

Humans have one last-ditch antibiotic, which the Feds are about to approve for use in cows -- who have twelve other drugs to treat the same illness.

Even better: once approved, there's nothing keeping people from putting the drug into cattle feed as a preventative.

Of course, by that point, the horse -- er, I mean, cow -- will be out of the barn.

Bitch_PhD thinks even antibiotic soap should only be available to people who need it, and that using Purell is an anti-social act.

My wife foams at the mouth about this stuff - and advocates the use of a lot of bleach in our household.

Antibacterials will be the doom of the human race. Period.

I remember seeing on the news the head of the CDC advising NOT to use anti-bacterial soap, and saying how hard it was to find soap that didn't have anti-bacterial stuff in it. If there ever was any reason for me to become a vegetarian, this would probably be it.

baking soda and vinegar will take care of all the cleaning needs of your household.. do not use anything antibacterial.... good elbow grease is all you need! stop using soap period!

I thought it said anti-robotic.

Purell uses ethyl alcohol as its germicide, for heavens sake. I am going to remain absolutely, resolutely antisocial, and let you be nice and social and catch all the nasty colds you like...

Yep. I started this regimen a loooong time ago.

I can't wait until super-viruses take over the world! This is what happens when we fuck with stuff we think we understand. I can't help but wonder how many technologies and medicines we've created are having an adverse affect on the things around us, but we don't know it.

I don't think it'll be a world war, terrorists, an asteroid or global warming that wipes us out. It'll be something small. Like the loss of bees. Or an infection.

Yeah me too... Must have been the alcohol I imbibed before I read the headline.

If anyone listens to the FDA anymore they are making a serious mistake. The FDA can't keep up with anything anymore and they are paid by the pharmaceutical industry and so will never make a judgment against anything harmfull to the populace unless it can't be avoided.

It's all about the money. Placing your trust in a government agency is a big mistake.

so i guess for all the hippies.....anti microbial is out of the question............for all you against antibiotical and microbial soaps better think twice before getting tattooed......every thing in a shop is cleaned with enough anti-shit that even toxic avenger would cring.......

If you really want to be sobered, read this:
MDR Tuberculosis

Ultimately, the bugs are going to win. Best work on your immune systems while you can.

Dear food industry: Gently fuck off. Thank you.

You could just not eat cows. But that's crazy.

I am becoming more and more convinced that chimpanzees run the U.S. government.

good article.

roguemind is convinced that adding more information about the article at the end of the article and making it look like this is just stupid.

Excessive cleaning is actually dangerous and bad for your health. You need a certain level of exposure to germs in order to maintain your bodies resistance to illness.

People who work in clean rooms, which are totally germ and virus free, have health problems. Their resistance drops and when they leave the clean rooms, the can't fight off illness.

My father died of resistant staphylococcus after heart surgury when I was twelve, so this makes me me sad. Farmers have to much control over the government. Farm subsidies make me sad too, because agricultural developing countries can't compete.

That would, unfortunately, not affect the evolution of an antibiotic-resistant strain of disease in the cows themselves. In general, it's best not to expose critters with such a high rate or reproduction to unusual evolutionary pressures if you don't have to.

*deep drawn out psychotic voice*

ooooooooh myyyyy gooodddd.

lol. I was on the Peta2 site for like an hour today reading shit- and after seeing this, I swear to God I don't understand why I find it difficult to NOT eat meat.

*vomits*

And if I see one more cage stuffed with cramped dogs being dropped out of a truck and crushing their bones, I might have to pluck my own eyes out.

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

("The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot)

Doesn't matter. If the antibiotics create resistant bacteria, you can catch a bacteria-resistant strain of a bug from another person.

Next time someone wants to give me shit for being a filthy slob, I'll be able to tell 'em that I'm just trying to keep my immune system strong because the meat industry and doctors are trying to kill us all with super-bugs created through antibiotic abuse.