Superbugs will kill three every minute by 2050
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A study in The Lancet has forecast that without action 39 million people will die of drug resistant diseases over the next 25 years
  • gatorgato@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This seems like a hollow metric without some baseline data. Compared to what? And won’t there be like 3x the population by 2050?

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      Global population is trending to slow down.

      And these rates would put AMR related deaths in the ballpark of TB. Although, TB is also one of the leading causes of AMR infection.