Bacterial Resistance.

The problems of antibiotic resistant bacteria including Methycillin resistant Staph, C.Difficile and Multiple drug resistant TB are discussed in this week's journal "Science". The medical professison has been telling patients and peers that too many antibiotics are used. In many countries they are used without much, if any, oversight. Because of the poor return on investment few pharmaceutical companies are willing to invest in necessary research. Law suits do not help. Governments, as usual, are day late and a penny short. This issue (July 18) and its main topic are so important any who have in interest in public health and infectious dseases should read the articles. The problems of an unlikely flu pandemic pale into comparison beside the damage already being done by antibiotic resistance. This is a much more important topic both in the US and wordwide than a possible flu pandemic.