Are we all going to die soon?
Not relatively as quick, but our defenses are weakening over time.
How does this affect our venerable who rely on a particular medication? The medical field is a capitalist industry; the resources began to be prioritized by wealth. There are several fears when it comes to health and getting good care. Still, medicine is taking an abrupt turn, and people
appear to be concealed by today’s problems.
According to W.H.O., there are 12 pathogens in which graves a threat to humanity. Antibiotics are essential to combat diseases, especially to those who are chronically ill. But there is a larger problem than the depletion of Antibiotics. Our bodies are becoming resistant to our current medicine. This is due to our bodybuilding immunity to something that is given often whether it be medication or antibiotics. Medicine that once helps treat diseases will no longer enable us to live longer. Our body builds tolerance when it is given too much of something, just as with prescribe medication. As a result, creates a threat to how we protect ourselves from sickness to live longer.
Antibiotics deal with chronic diseases, common illnesses, and, most importantly, infections. Working as a medical assistant, I see firsthand the urgency of preventing cross-contamination and following the OSHA regulations. Infections with antibiotic-resistant pathogens cost near to
10,000 to 40,000 U.S. dollars per patient in hospitals. As the antibacterial resistance issue continues, 2.4 million in casualties will amount up to 3.5 billion U.S. dollars annually, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development related to the cost in America, Europe, and Australia. This information excludes the rest of the world, which is still a significant amount of debt in the economy and rise of deaths in the world. This threat’s economy is crucial because not only do we see the cost for hospitals but the cost for you. As things become worse, prioritizing is essential, and this threat can be detrimental to societies. They will be prioritizing by age, wealth, and area if resources deplete. For example, we witness how younger people were helped more than the elderly during the pandemic due to lack of resources, such as ventilators. Another example is if one lives in a poor area, curing the sick will become more difficult because of the lack of access to healthcare. Besides how it affects people, it also affects capital. As funds deplete, there would not be much to provide, causing a break in the value of the market. If medicine no longer works, what will? That is why finding a new antibiotic that can combat these
pathogens is so essential. It is all a matter of survival and supporting each other to finding a solution to our rising problem.
Although the depletion of antibiotics is inevitable, our current research has not taken so far due to the lack of funding and action. We need government intervention to fund these scientists and researchers.
According to the American Society for Microbiology, mutation rates of bacteria may link to our tolerance but can only be concluded with further research. Like Covid-19 and its new mutation was causing underlying factors to the new vaccine. Once a bacteria changes, the antibodies used
before will not combat the latest version of the bacteria. It is like starting an essay all over again because the thesis has changed. We all fear change to an extent, but what if the change is a threat to our future. The United Nations estimates 10 million people will die annually by 2050 due to
resistant infections and predicts another global financial crisis. The dangers of this problem are that a present issue never becomes urgent until significant changes occur. We have witnessed late action during our current pandemic and the state of global warming. For example, late action
for global warming has led the Earth to gravitate a larger motion of climate changes which is a danger to our future. There was time for prevention, but the lack of feat created a larger problem that was not there. As the urgency of this problem is not to save the future but to prevent a problem. We can inform others and demand from governments to invest in further research in antibiotic therapy. Although there are difficult times because of the pandemic, we need to prioritize putting our science up to date with the upcoming changes. Or we might fall apart.
