Quick let’s feed it to cattle by the ton
Or, hear me out, stop fucking overusing antibiotics as everyone and their livestock will be using this I’m sure.
Overuse in humans is far more important than overuse in livestock.
…aaaaaaand they’ve evolved resistance.
This is not the solution. We need to be moving away from antibiotics, and drastically decreasing their use/overuse.
war…war never changes
Yes, like every few years. Let’s see it in action.
Unfortunately a temporary solution. But would it be possible to design an RNA or DNA virus that recognises and targets bacteria with certain antibiotics resistance genes and then lyses them or at least represses the genes in question?
CRISPR already exists. This can easily be used to target antibiotic resistance genes and there are many examples in literature of this. Plasmid and phage as vector. Easy stuff. However, cane toads and wabbits and intentional release of GMOs leaves something to be desired for gene technology regulators.
Antibiotics are the way, but require targeted combination therapy, not a doctor’s gut feeling.
How common is anti biotics in your countries? Needs to be described here in Sweden and only when necessary.
Developing countries (supposedly mainly China) just keep all their livestock on them all the time.
Which is a massive petri-dish for developing antibiotic-resistant bacteria just about as fast as you can.
