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Re:A woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available a... by TomAnthony on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:19AM (#13408976)
The article mentions that this isn't the first such case. It is just a more recent example.

Furthermore, there are multiple examples of bacteria that are resistant to families of antibiotics, which indicates the direction of the trend.

If we don't consider it a problem now, when should we?

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Re:A woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available a... by arviewer on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:22AM (#13408991)
> If we don't consider it a problem now, when should we?

What we should, does not matter. When it starts to cost money, or when there is an opportunity to earn money, then things will change.

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