ALJAZAM Inside Story May 1, 2014
Ask them what it was like before antibiotics. People regularly died from common diseases or infections or suffered long and hard until an illness passed. Then came medicines that meant millions no longer died from pneumonia , tuberculosis, or suffered from longterm debilitation from diseases like gonorrhea. Making wonder drug after wonder drug more available and drove prices steadily down. But we overused some drugs, improperly used others, and now the infections themselves evolved. Now the great gift to the world, cheap effective treatment for potentially fatal ailments is now in the future. ...