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RE: Why is Antibiotic Resistance So Hard to Combat?
Great job looking at this issue from so many different angles. At this point, I think only a major outbreak with no effective treatment will spur significant antibiotic development.
I agree. A lot of sources are expecting that that big outbreak will come from China. With highly populated cities, poor control over antibiotic use, insufficient medical centers and a lot of travel coming in and out it's a bit of a hot pot. Though to be fair China has been stepping up their game on global health recently, their new One Brick, One Road initiative is just insane in scale and is hitting a lot of good chords. Especially at a time when the US is pulling back from a lot of international health obligations and the world is looking for a new leader.