Slouching Towards Oblivion

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Isn't it Interesting?

Interesting, but not surprising at all.

Here's a report (Business Insider) on how researchers are unlocking the secrets of how Antibiotics-Resistant bacteria are making it really hard for us to kill them.
The global threat of antibiotic resistance could finally be tackled after British scientists discovered a chink in the armour of deadly bacteria.
Health experts have warned that within 20 years even routine operations like hip replacements and organ transplants could be deadly because of the risk of infection.
But now scientists at the University of East Anglia have discovered how the bug responsible for E-coli and salmonella builds an impenetrable wall to keep out antibiotics.
I guess it's interesting to me mainly for these three reasons:

1) A properly funded public institution (not in USAmerica Inc, of course) is leading the pack while we're sittin' here with our thumbs up our ass.

2) Evolution, motherfucker.  How do you suppose those brainless little bugs have managed to flummox "the greatest healthcare system on the planet"?

3) For the Dems - you've been handed 2 more great little items that should be more than enough to beat the GOP bloody.  What do you intend to do with them?

1 comment:

  1. Good one. And the answer behind Door Number Three is------when the Dems find their ass, which is unusual already, and then find their thumb up it, their logical next step is always to suck the thumb, which is disgusting enough, but somehow they further manage to do that without even extracting their thumb. It's the only way they can avoid the whines and barks from those pooches in the media they fear so much and then get the dismissive pats on the head they seem to crave from the Repugs. Oh, so bi-partisan of them.
    JR

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