• Question: Should we be worried of super bugs (MRSA) developing in the future which may become resistant to all medicine!?

    Asked by aminas97 to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 13 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      Yes this is a genuine worry, but its not something that is going to happen over night and its not something that is going to wipe out the human race. If bugs become immune to our medicine then we will be sick more often and some people may die of infection but the world will keep spinning

    • Photo: Emma Ashley

      Emma Ashley answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      Yes it is possible but hopefully more drugs will be developed to help deal with this problem. Especially working in a hospital, MRSA and other really infectious diseases such as c.difficile are major problems that we have to try prevent every day by always washing our hands and keeping everything as clean as possible.

      There has actually been an article in the news this week about bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics because people aren’t using them properly. Check this article out if you haven’t already –

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21739378

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