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New Wave of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
reporter writes "New strains of 'Gram-negative' bacteria have become resistant to all safe antibiotics. Though methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the best-known antibiotic-resistant germ, the new class of resistant bacteria could be more dangerous still. 'The bacteria, classified as Gram-negative because of their reaction to the so-called Gram stain test, can cause severe pneumonia and infections of the urinary tract, bloodstream, and other parts of the body. Their cell structure makes them more difficult to attack with antibiotics than Gram-positive organisms like MRSA.' The only antibiotics — colistin and polymyxin B — that still have efficacy against Gram-negative bacteria produce dangerous side effects: kidney damage and nerve damage. Patients who are infected with Gram-negative bacteria must make the unsavory choice between life with kidney damage or death with intact kidneys. Recently, some new strains of Gram-negative bacteria have shown resistance against even colistin and polymyxin B. Infection with these new strains typically means death for the patient."
It's not quite that simple but it would help. Until cows make fatty acids we still need to ingest OM-3 and OM-6 in proportion or the COX-I reaction doesn't work right.
Anyway. The Mayo clinic (or equiv) tested oregano oil and found it worked as well as bleach in killing MRSA in the halls, and less offensive to the respiratory tract. The stuff is well known in naturopathic cicrles, is a very strong bacteriacide and powerful anti oxidant.
They need to run tests to confirm we a lot of people already know. But watch, if big pharma runs the tests, it'll be shown not to work. It's happened before.
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It's worse than you make out. There's a good chance that by the time the new drugs are out, the bugs dna will have naturally selected for the ability to mutate faster. The "window of opportunity" for newer drugs is already less than it was for the originals.
Big Pharma wants you to live.
Live yes, Cure NO. They want to keep you as a consumer.
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What are the chances that we can get that kind of smarts imported into the US?
We, as US citizens, are only interested in importing your goods if they are made in China. Chinese goods combine low prices with high quality! So keep your northern European elite socialist imports to yourselves!
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