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1. Watch the video: Hunting Nightmare Bacteria www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE4VzFz9PPo 2. Answer the following question: a. Based in the video and your previous experience, make a prediction of what human society may look like in 20 years. Support your prediction with evidence. b. Respond to the postings of other classmates
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Margo Martin
2/21/2017 04:36:22 pm
holy moly
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Karen Davis
2/28/2017 04:13:24 pm
From my experience and after watching the video our society should be very scared of our future. Our government does a very poor job documenting and funding antibiotic research. Our physicians over prescribe antibiotics everyday. As a community most people feel an antibiotic is the quick fix. Unless our government steps up in twenty years I would predict many lives lost due to infections resistant to antibiotics. No One will be safe or immune to infections.
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Jenny
2/28/2017 05:58:43 pm
Physicians aren't always "over prescribing" everyone wants a quick fix and often demands antibiotics as they do not want to wait the proper course for virus to settle down. With everyone always threatening law suits and ins. telling providers what they can and can not prescribe its often not in their hands at all.
Margo Martin
3/1/2017 08:07:45 am
The litigious society aspect is not an aspect of medication prescription that I consider but it is note worthy. It brings up a point of do individuals, without medical training, deserve the right to demand and potentially sue if they don't get what they want medications? Where is the line? Do we respect the rights of the individual or masses? The same question is often asked regarding vaccinations.
Jim Farquhar
2/28/2017 03:38:05 pm
By the year 2037, I believe that the number of victims for Pan-Resistant bacterial infections , such as KPC, will rise significantly. This will be a result of pan-resistant bacteria spreading it's gene to other bacteria which may already be Gram-Negative, such as Stenotrophomonas. Studies have already shown that bacterial infections which were once treatable with antibiotics have become resistant.
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Jenny Gras
2/28/2017 05:55:41 pm
agreed however this is the time where the government should be stepping in and doesn't! Reporting for infections that are resistant especially when they are COD should be mandatory for all hospitals and practices. They should know what infections are becoming resistant to what bacteria.
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Margo Martin
3/1/2017 08:10:44 am
Pharmaceutical research is incredibly expensive and antibiotics are meant to be used as rarely as possible. If they government were to subsidize this research, and it would have to be ongoing, do you think people would be willing to pay more in taxes to pay for it? The money needs to come from somewhere. 2/28/2017 05:28:19 pm
In 20 yrs I hope that the government steps up and demands more reporting from hospitals and doctors offices regarding resistance bacteria. Doctors and medical staff need to do better patient education regarding the use of antibiotics i.e. Stop giving them for viruses that just need to run their course and explain why we should not be using them. I fear for that future generations will not have an antibiotic when it's needed due to the resistant strands of bacteria. There should be a government funded research for a "super" antibiotic that can only be used if all else has failed and other ways of treating like hyperbaric, surgeries, ecmo
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Margo Martin
3/1/2017 08:12:53 am
The movie does not get into other ways that antibiotic resistance occurs such as in our agriculture and factory farms. How would you recommend that we educate Americans? More importantly, how do we get people to be willing to make changes to their lifestyle?
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Boram Shim
2/28/2017 06:07:22 pm
One thing that I fear will happen in 20 years is that people with infections will have to live through them without treatment except in the worst cases where they could die. In these cases they will be given antibiotics which are so strong that they will be harming the patient almost as much as helping them. Today, 23,000 Americans die each year from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Across the world, the estimated annual mortality rate is 700,000. Current population movement will rapidly increase this phenomenon unless we take necessary actions immediately. When I was traveling in Thailand, I thought I might have a urinary tract infection. I was able to get antibiotics without seeing a doctor. In many developing countries antibiotics can be bought without a prescript and overuse and misuse of these medication is fueling the situation. Now it's time that all countries need to get together and try to come up with possible solutions.
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Margo Martin
3/1/2017 08:15:55 am
You bring up some very good points and I like the addition of the statistics. I was not aware of how easy antibiotics were able to be accessed in other places around the world. You mention one key point and that is the need for international collaboration to address this problem. If one country tries to change but others don't them it will not change the issue overall. Do you think we are capable of this collaboration?
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maranda
2/28/2017 07:16:28 pm
I found this video to be really interesting to watch! It's absolutely crazy and scary how bacteria can spread so fast and silently. I think in the next 20 years we may be in some trouble. Considering we are already finding that are antibiotics aren't working anymore or at least not as well. Even know we are using some of the most powerful antibiotics and they are almost doing more harm then good themselves. The young man in the video said he could feel the drug eating his insides. If that carries out and precedes to get worse, a lot more people will be suffering and dying.
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Margo Martin
3/1/2017 08:17:13 am
Yes, it is likely that people will die from injuries or infections that today we take for granted
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Boram Shim
3/6/2017 05:54:35 pm
There is no international law to control the use of antibiotics, but some leading countries and organization around the world have been trying to develop actions to prevent antibiotic resistance. According to Global antibiotic resistance partnership (GARP) report,
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