Well, I guess scientists have to sell ideas like everyone else these days. I don’t suppose “peg the bacteria back for a couple of decades, tops” has as much appeal as “end bacterial immunity for all time completely.”
No, it doesn't. But while they were at it, why not add "viagra replacement allows you to walk on water and burn fat at the same time" as well?
There is (nominally) something called scientific ethics. And when that fails there's at least scientific believeability.
Or there was, before global warming.
Oh look, this announcement is coming out of East Anglia, ground zero of the global warming hoax. What a coincidence.