I was reading a newspaper “health” article titled “Drug-Resistant
Superbugs on the Rise” that stated, “According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), virtually all significant
bacterial infections in the world are becoming resistant to the
antibiotic treatment of choice. There are even bacteria that resist
single, double, or multiple antibiotics, making treatment and the
threat of a superbug even more real.”
Cited in the same article was a report published in the Journal of
the American Medical Association (JAMA) about ear infections in children
caused by a strain of bacteria that are resistant to all approved drugs
for children’s ear infections. The only effective antibiotic was one
that was not approved for use in children, but the doctors decided to
use it in order to prevent further illness or permanent hearing loss.
Also mentioned in this newspaper article was the notorious
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) that became resistant to penicillin in
the 1940’s.
And what is being done about all this? Why, the CDC and the FDA have
created another governmental agency (just what is needed, right?) with
the long name of Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial
Resistance to work with many groups “such as state and local health
agencies, universities, professional societies, pharmaceutical
companies, healthcare professionals, agricultural producers, and the
public.” Do you get the picture? This would be comical if it were not
for all the prolonged unnecessary suffering of humans and other animals,
as well as the waste of time and money that would be better spent on
teaching people about the real health benefits of whole, unprocessed
vegan foods. Plants don’t require massive doses of antibiotics to
prevent disease, the way animals on factory farms are treated so that
they won’t get sick and die prematurely.
I wonder who is more “resistant” – the “superbugs” or all the
powers-that-be who are “resistant” to telling the public the truth about
the harm caused by the out-of-control consumption of animal products,
which are the source of all of these antibiotic resistant bacteria. If
we don’t eat animal products, antibiotics won’t be put into the food
chain and we won’t have these superbugs. The solution to the problem is
this simple.
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