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A new threat for the civilized world.
Topic Started: Mar 12 2013, 12:06 AM (148 Views)
BUCK
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Will mother nature thin out the worlds population? Tomdrobin in another topic talks about this problem.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9921616/Threat-posed-by-resistance-to-antibiotics-ranks-alongside-terrorism.html
Edited by BUCK, Mar 12 2013, 12:10 AM.
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Corky52
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Survival of the fittest works for germs as well, we are just another test mother nature uses to weed out the weakest of any germ. Twenty years seems like an optimistic view from things I've read, there are some super strains out there already.

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tomdrobin
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Here is an informative discussion of the issue from last weeks "Science Friday" program on NPR.

http://sciencefriday.com/playlist/#play/segment/9065
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