Pigs can pass deadly superbugs to people, study reveals
GuardianJUL 2022
AMR is a global phenomenon that threatens both rich and poor countries. Due in large part to antibiotic misuse, more people are now at risk of contracting deadly diseases like HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis. To fix this, both national and global bodies, alongside industry leaders, must track antibiotic usage, work toward eradicating its abuse, and invest in new, non-resistant medicines to help save lives.
AMR is the result of collusion between the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries. While Big Ag profits off of pumping their factory farm animals full of antibiotics, Big Pharma gets rich by selling the antibiotics to them. What's worse is that they get away with it becauseby theyspending spend millions of dollars annually on lobbying the government and funding fruadulent research. Every institution is corrupt, from health regulators to medical journals.
There is a 49% chance the number of deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections per year will double by December 31, 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.