The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained
What is the Antibiotic Apocalypse? What is it all about? And how dangerous is it? Kurzgesagt MERCH! http://bit.ly/1P1hQIH Support us on Patreon so we can make more stuff (and get cool wallpapers)...
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What would you say if we told you that humanity is currently makinga collaborative effort to engineer the perfect superbug?A bug that could kill hundreds of millions of people?Well, it is happening right now.We are in the process of creating a superbacterium.Bacteria are among the oldest living things on this planet.The smallest thing we still consider life, they are masters of survivaland can be found everywhere.Most bacteria are harmless to us.Your body hosts trillions of them, and they help you to survive.But others can invade your body, spread quickly, and kill you.Millions of people used to die as a result of bacterial infections.Until we developed a superweapon—antibiotics.Together with vaccinations, antibiotics revolutionized medicineand saved millions of...
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What would you say if we told you that humanity is currently makinga collaborative effort to engineer the perfect superbug?A bug that could kill hundreds of millions of people?Well, it is happening right now.We are in the process of creating a superbacterium.Bacteria are among the oldest living things on this planet.The smallest thing we still consider life, they are masters of survivaland can be found everywhere.Most bacteria are harmless to us.Your body hosts trillions of them, and they help you to survive.But others can invade your body, spread quickly, and kill you.Millions of people used to die as a result of bacterial infections.Until we developed a superweapon—antibiotics.Together with vaccinations, antibiotics revolutionized medicineand saved millions of...
