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If such a hyper bacteria were possible it would have happened a long time ago. Bacteria must adapt and compete on many axes, there is no silver bullet. Don't fo
by monieseee 7y ago
If such a hyper bacteria were possible it would have happened a long time ago. Bacteria must adapt and compete on many axes, there is no silver bullet. Don't forget that antibiotics were invented by nature (penicillium).
- wkearney99 7y agoBut not delivered in anywhere near the same concentrations and across as many different delivery systems. It's one thing for a natural bacteria or virus to develop. It's another to have them artificially transported in ways which nature could only dream about having. THAT's the bad thing.
- gumby 7y agoA nice choice of metaphor as there literally is an anti microbial “silver bullet”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_uses_of_silver#Mechanism_of_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_uses_of_silver#Mechani...