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For what it's worth, journalists can and do talk to subject experts. Whether they quote their sources in a casual non-scientific article for Wired magazine is a
by clinton_sf 13y ago
For what it's worth, journalists can and do talk to subject experts. Whether they quote their sources in a casual non-scientific article for Wired magazine is another thing.
For more info (e.g., of a journalist talking to doctors and such), take a look at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hunting-the-nightmar...
- dak1 13y agoIn that case it would be better to write: > If we really lost antibiotics to advancing drug resistance — and many experts agree we may not be far off
- MatmaRex 13y agoI'd say this would be worse. "many experts" is a weasel word, implying an authority behind the statement, but providing no proof of it. And "trust me" is at the least plain and honest.
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- refurb 13y agoThe recent data I've seen suggests that level of multi-drug resistant infections has actually leveled off or dropped slightly. Is it a problem? Yes. Are we close to the end? No.
- dd36 13y agoWatch that PBS Fromtline episode on antibiotic resistance.