When the DoD is openly involved in a epidemiology public health investigation, it’s a serious matter.
Some takeaways:
Medical settings are infectious bacteria rich environments, and this CRE bacteria is bound to spread to gyms and other crowded poorly cleaned facilities, just as MRSA bacteria has.
Thoroughly wash any scratch or laceration Immediately, no matter how minor.
Pursue medical attention for infected wounds, early on, don’t wait several days to see if it will just go away.
Manuka honey and collodial silver have been effective for topical wound treatment that did not respond to traditional antibiotic treatment (look up the application of Manuka honey for persistent bed sore ulcerations and battlefield wounds, for instance).
RE: “I think there is a desperate need for multi-billion dollar rewards for development of new antibiotics. One major issue is drug resistant bacteria will make operations impractical. The major killer of operations in the past was not the operation itself but infections afterward.”
Where is a legitimate source of Manuka honey?