>>11319342Chinese pop. density and propensity to consume every animal on God's green earth. It's zoonotic, most likely from a bat. Never eat or touch a bat if you know what's good for you.
>>11319444We've already begun developing methods of dealing with antibiotic resistant bugs. Beyond this, preventative care is sometimes enough. MRSA used to be huge but its nosocomial rates have fallen in recent years (although a community strain is a little more trouble)
>>11319553Never going to happen.
>>11319636If it's anything like SARS it's something to be worried about.
>>11320223Less scary than a new zoonoses.
Antibiotic bugs are scary sure, but the last pandemic zoonotic disease was HIV, and look how that turned out. Even the hardiest bacteria combined don't come close to the damage wrought by HIV in the past few decades alone. That's why people are scared.
