11 Mar 13
"The danger posed by growing resistance to antibiotics should be ranked along with terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the government's chief medical officer for England has said."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21737844
"Antibiotics kill bacteria, but the bugs are incredibly wily foes. Once you start treating them with a new drug, they find ways of surviving. New drugs are needed, which they then find ways to survive. As long as new drugs keep coming, resistance is not a problem. But there has not been a new class of antibiotics discovered since the 1980s."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21702647
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11 Mar 13
Originally posted by FMFIt is a self-correcting disequilibrium, although the correction may favor other forms of life than ours, for a while.
"The danger posed by growing resistance to antibiotics should be ranked along with terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the government's chief medical officer for England has said."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21737844
"Antibiotics kill bacteria, but the bugs are incredibly wily foes. Once you start treating them with a new drug, they find wa ...[text shortened]... ed since the 1980s."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21702647
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12 Mar 13
Originally posted by KazetNagorraThe direct loss of life due to terrorist acts, maybe, but terrorism has enabled governments to start several wars, limit freedom of speech, obtain far reaching powers to torture, spy, hold without warrant etc. Terrorism is a threat to democracy, but the danger comes from the governments, not the terrorists.
On the list of "threats to the nation" of any western nation, "terrorism" probably doesn't make it to the top 100.
Terrorism is about causing fear. The idea is then to use that fear to your advantage. However if everyone knows you caused the fear, its not that easy to take advantage. If, however, you didn't cause it, you can take advantage.