<story><title>The Age of the Superbug Is Here</title><url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/antibiotic-resistance-crisis-un_us_57d8ea87e4b0fbd4b7bc66c4</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rm2889</author><text>I live in India and despite some improvements, the level of antibiotic abuse here is shocking. They&amp;#x27;re available over the counter and people self-medicate with antibiotics all the time. The attitude is, &amp;quot;if my sore throat doesn&amp;#x27;t go away in a couple of days, its time to take antibiotics. No point in going to the doc coz they&amp;#x27;ll prescribe antibiotics too and this way I save money.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;People self-medicating on antibiotics end up taking an incomplete dose without fully understanding the implications. This has lead to the rise of superbugs like &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;New_Delhi_metallo-beta-lactamase_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;New_Delhi_metallo-beta-lactama...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Age of the Superbug Is Here</title><url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/antibiotic-resistance-crisis-un_us_57d8ea87e4b0fbd4b7bc66c4</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lossolo</author><text>This is an amazing video[1] from Harvard Medical School released couple of days ago showing evolution of bacteria that evolve in 10 days to become resistant to antibiotics.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;plVk4NVIUh8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;plVk4NVIUh8&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>