Farm animals in India and China are becoming more resistant to antibiotics
Source paper <a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6459/eaaw1944.full" rel="nofollow">https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6459/eaaw1944.ful...</a><p>>From 2000 to 2018, the proportion of antimicrobial compounds with resistance higher than 50% (P50) increased from 0.15 to 0.41 in chickens and from 0.13 to 0.34 in pigs and plateaued between 0.12 and 0.23 in cattle.<p>>Globally, 73% of all antimicrobials sold on Earth are used in animals raised for food.<p>Jeeeesus. It sure feels like humanity is painting itself into a corner along multiple dimensions. I wonder at how many previous points in history did new technology save us from the brink of annihilation. Im not sure we've ever been powerfull enough to be truly as in danger as we are now.<p>On the other hand, earth is still slaloming between asteroids we cant predict or stop so we've never been out of danger at all. Oh well, back to work.