Report predicts drug resistance likely to kill 400,000 Canadians by 2050

When Antibiotics Fail: The growing cost of antimicrobial resistance in Canada

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses and fungi, evolve to resist the drugs that would otherwise kill them. Unnecessary antimicrobial use in humans and agriculture exacerbates the problem and widespread international travel and trade help resistant bacteria spread across the globe.

The panel's economists used a more cautious model to project the impacts than a well-known international report by British economist Jim O'Neill, which predicted up to 10 million global deaths annually by 2050. The report notes that resistance could increase the risk and reduce the availability of routine medical procedures including kidney dialysis, joint replacement, chemotherapy and caesarean section. These procedures all carry a threat of infections for which antibiotics are commonly prescribed.

Seems like every day CTV tells us about something new to scare us silly. NowFearThis

Rookie numbers, we will have to speed that up and bump it up!

Such fear marketing. Terrible report!

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We only got 12 years before climate change kills us all.the science is in. So why the worry?

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So meantime who is looking into developing new or alternative antibiotics? Did medical research grind to a halt

So few.

Please God. Let them be Trudeau voters!

That prediction could have been made by a lady with Tarot Cards!

Aww shit!.. Just when I thought we could escape China, with our measely debt of 1 billion compared to the States some odd trillion! Imagine if our last evolutionary step, was the final death's blow, to our very own species! Deny nature and our resistance to it lessens type deal!

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