Super Bug

Everyone gets a certain cold in their life time, I've had plenty of them along with everyone else in the world. Bacteria is found in many different places, but some bacteria is worse than others, which can get you sick on certain occasions. These colds are usually treated with a antibiotics and will go away in a short period of time. Some bacteria however will develop a resistance to these antibiotics and are known as super bugs. These super bugs kill millions of people every year and will continue to do so until we get on top of it. People in the medical industry need to prevent this bacterial infection so we don't have to use antibiotics as much anymore (Spellberg). Super bugs have become a huge problem in the healthcare industry because
Like I said before It can be spread through many different people, certain situations and even on your own home. Another big contribute to this is farming and the overuse of antibiotics on animals. 80 percent of the antibiotic are given to animals in the U.S alone but only sometimes are antibiotics used to save an animal (Landhus). Antibiotics are used to speed up animals growth rate and Kellogg Schwab an environmental microbiologist at John Hopkins University said that this is “a direct threat to human health” and stated that its possible that the bacteria could be spread to humans through air from the animals (JH). Although there have been a few strains of MRSA that jump from humans to livestock a study showed that 38% of farmers had a presence of MRSA in them and was strongly related to having contact with animals (persistence of livestock associated MRSA). I think this should be very concerning for Americans because we consume so much livestock everyday and we are probably getting sick from this and don't even know it. Although there are many studies I feel that nothing will change because not that many people are aware or don't know if they got sick from that or something