'Big Pandemic Waiting to Happen,' Scientists Warn

Newsweek ^ | 8-22-24

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A team of international researchers has raised alarm over the potential for a pandemic stemming from antimicrobial resistance in animals used for food, particularly in Southeast Asia.

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Repeat By Tom Howarth FOLLOW 2 Ateam of international researchers has raised alarm over the potential for a pandemic stemming from antimicrobial resistance in animals used for food, particularly in Southeast Asia.

The study, published in the International Journal of Food Science and Technology, warns that the animals we consume could become a gateway for deadly superbugs, posing a significant threat to global public health and food security.

"There is a big pandemic waiting to happen in the form of antimicrobial resistance," Rajaraman Eri, the associate dean of biosciences and food technology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, said in a statement.

[markman46]

thank you i’ll second that

[Jim Noble]

I am an expert in antimicrobial resistance, which is real, and which is a problem.

Pandemic potential?

Minimal.

[markman46]

you have zero idea what your taking about, the greatest gen didnt vote for FDR period. you need to study some history