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> a global pandemic of XDR Typhoid Well, it's not going to happen in developed countries; typhoid is spread by contaminated water, like sewers getting into wat
by sho 9y ago
> a global pandemic of XDR Typhoid
Well, it's not going to happen in developed countries; typhoid is spread by contaminated water, like sewers getting into water mains. There's a reason you've probably never heard of anyone getting typhoid, or cholera.
If it was TB though - that could be a legitimate global disaster for everyone. Hell, some countries curtailed air travel for SARS, and that was treatable!
edit: duh, flu is not a bacteria. Replaced with TB
- cfadvan 9y agoIt could hit South/Central America, And Mexico, chunks of Eastern Europe, China, it could devastate India, and while the US and Western Europe might not suffer much directly, that would still be a global pandemic. Even if you dont care about people with bad plumbing, you’d still care about the economic impacts. All told, this is bad news, and kind of like finding all of the canaries dead in the mine Incidentally while I agree that another pandemic, lethal,influenza strain would be terrible, it’s a totally different and unrelated issue. Influenza is a virus, so antibiotic resistance isn’t a factor. It is true that some agricultural practices do contribute to mutations and spread of influenza, but ironically not the ones most associated with abuse of antibiotics.
- sho 9y agoWould probably be India or Indonesia with the highest body count. That's 1.5 billion people! Didn't mean to imply I don't care about people with bad plumbing. Yep I meant tuberculosis. Thanks for the correction. Time for bed..
- throwaway2048 9y agoinfluenza is a virus, it has nothing to do with antibiotics
- sho 9y agoDuh. Meant to type TB. Will fix, thanks