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from the super-bugs-don't-come-from-krypton dept.
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There’s a little-known sexually transmitted disease (STD) that’s on the rise – and could soon become a very big problem.
Sexual health experts warn that Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) has the potential to become a drug-resistant superbug within a matter of years.
Research by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) found that over 70 percent of sexual health experts said that if current practices do not change, MG will become resistant to first and second line antibiotics within a decade. Left unchecked, they say this could result in thousands of women each year at increased risk of infertility from pelvic inflammatory disease caused by MG.
As a result of these daunting statistics, BASHH have just released draft guidelines to help the public and health services deal with this impending crisis.
“MG is rapidly becoming the new superbug: it’s increasingly resistant to most of the antibiotics we use to treat chlamydia and changes its pattern of resistance during treatment so it's like trying to hit a moving target,” Dr Peter Greenhouse, sexual health consultant from the UK, said in a statement.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @11:03PM (3 children)
Well, WWI & WWII took care of ~100 million, and I figure the next wars will be even more effective at Population Reduction Enforcement. Do you pre-qualify?
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday July 17 2018, @12:15AM (2 children)
Please check your facts. Both WWI and WWII resulted in huge population increases. (It's true there was a bit of a time delay, but not that much.) Perhaps the 30 years war shrank to population.
That said, and depending on the approach used, WWIII actually *is* likely to shrink the population drastically. (But if they go in for drone warfare with chemical explosives rather than missiles with nukes possibly not.)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @12:21AM (1 child)
Biological warfare would be the most effective route outside wholesale nuclear holocaust. A black plague with flu-like resistance? Super-STDs that resist all control and spread through more than just blood/genital fluids? Ebola in the food supply?
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday July 18 2018, @09:12AM
meanwhile autism is increasing dramatically and mainstream media barely touch the issue without making any projections.
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