Rise of the Superbugs
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[MUSIC] In his book “Microcosm” Carl Zimmer says… ow! There’s an old saying about death by a thousand papercuts. But what if it just took one? That’s silly, right? I mean, even if this DID get infected, we’ve got antibiotics to clean us up, it's easy as aspirin. But that all might be about to change. New types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are starting to take over, some able to beat every drug we throw at them. [MUSIC] We may be entering the post-antibiotic era, where something like this… could be the end of me… all thanks to superbugs. [MUSIC] News flash! Everything is covered in bacteria. That. Definitely that. Oh yeah, they’re ALL over that. In fact, even YOU are full of bacteria. You might as well be a sentient sack wh...
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[MUSIC] In his book “Microcosm” Carl Zimmer says… ow! There’s an old saying about death by a thousand papercuts. But what if it just took one? That’s silly, right? I mean, even if this DID get infected, we’ve got antibiotics to clean us up, it's easy as aspirin. But that all might be about to change. New types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are starting to take over, some able to beat every drug we throw at them. [MUSIC] We may be entering the post-antibiotic era, where something like this… could be the end of me… all thanks to superbugs. [MUSIC] News flash! Everything is covered in bacteria. That. Definitely that. Oh yeah, they’re ALL over that. In fact, even YOU are full of bacteria. You might as well be a sentient sack wh...
