They never get tired to repeat this scare over and over!
Given the rapid advances in e.g. AI, genetics it is only a matter of time that we will be able to defeat any harmful bacteria any time!
This time, they don't even mind to quote a multi-decade forecast produced in 2014:
"... Estimates of AMR's future impact paint an even bleaker picture. A 2014 report by British economist Lord Jim O'Neill and the Wellcome Trust estimates that if AMR is not addressed, drug-resistant pathogens could cause an estimated 10 million deaths a year by 2050. ..."
Who helped to disseminate this scare: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW
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