Will we die from minor scratches in the future? Q&A antibiotic resistance expert

[Bluestein]

https://theconversation.com/will-we-really-die-from-minor-scratches-in-the-future-qanda-with-antibiotic-resistance-expert-232118

[BaculumMeumEst]

Will we start sending people who engage in emotional manipulation for clicks to Siberia? Q&A criminal justice expert

[p51-remorse]

As usual, the answer to a question in the headline can safely be assumed to be “no”.

[Bluestein → p51-remorse]

Betteridge's law ...

[thenerdhead]

Where is the accountability from health experts? Shifting the blame to patients is ridiculous and irresponsible.

Humans naturally have diverse immune systems to prevent our species from being wiped out by a single pathogen.

We should invest much more money into countermeasures and advancing our understanding of complex systems like the immune system and the microbiome.

AI is crucial in this area nowadays. New therapeutics countering resistance are emerging. We should double down.

[Bluestein → thenerdhead]

> AI is crucial in this area nowadays.

Was gonna say it, you beat me to it :)

PS. But, seriously, it is.-

[mcphage → Bluestein]

How long has AI been used to develop drugs? Have any made it to market yet?

[Bluestein → mcphage]

I mean, looking at it that way, "how long has AI?" (as in, the entire thing) been anything (significant) at all.-

  The field's been "at it" since at least the 50s, though ...

[mcphage → Bluestein]

I’m just trying to understand how AI is crucial to this area.

[jasonvorhe]

I'm glad my ADHD brain always had me forget getting prescribed antibiotics from the pharmacy whenever I had to go to the doctor to get a sick note.

Miraculously I always got back to health after just a few days.

[surfingdino]

I have a feeling natural selection will take care of this problem, not that we should abandon efforts to come up with medicines to counter it.

[Bluestein]

""According to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of antibacterial agents, including antibiotics, has increased from 80 in 2021 to 97 in 2023. However, the health agency says there is a “pressing need for new, innovative agents for serious infections and to replace those becoming ineffective due to widespread use”.""

[downrightmike → Bluestein]

Sounds like they need to hoard a few of the new 17 for a decade or two so we have something to work with.

[BaculumMeumEst → downrightmike]

I just thought of a great business model for a new startup!

[Bluestein → BaculumMeumEst]

Hoarding? :)