Germs are More Intelligent Than Humans
Super germs are threats to human health.
The doctor from the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said, “We’re now facing a consequence that the bacteria have gained more resistance from almost all antibiotics human used.”
In the mid-1990s, enterococci (enterococcus) appeared as a strong resistance towards antibiotics, which has stricken the alarm of “super bacteria.” The infection of Enterococcus can cause urinary tract infections or wounds, and even meningitis. It has developed resistance towards the killing capability of antibiotic which is named as vancomycin.
Previously, the Staphylococcus aureus was killed easily by an antibiotic which is called methicillin or Penicillin I. But now, the condition is that the Staphylococcus has gained resistance and they may have developed into new species. It has brought fear to doctors as Staphylococcus is the main infection at the hospital. If one day, methicillin has no ability to suppress newly developed staphylococcus, it will bring disaster to us. This explains that germ could mutate itself to a variety form that is more resistance to antibiotics.
Such so-called super germs have indeed emerged. In Tokyo, Japan, a microbial specialist has observed that a type of staphylococcus which has a code name of Mu50 is found resistance to vancomycin. This is because Mu50 has a considerably strong and thick wall which is not easy to kill by antibiotics. The discovery of new disease that has resistance towards antibiotics has also been reported in the United States, France and Hong Kong.
Facing with these super germs, of course, human beings are not necessarily helpless. Doctors can introduce more expensive, more advanced and more toxic drugs to subdue them. But the question here is who will be the final victim?
In fact, human has a tough war with the germ, and the war is not going to end there as many types of odd and unknown diseases have emerged from time to time.
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Moses Ingram | Apr 3, 2008 | Reply
Interesting article. Thank you.
Lucy Lockett | Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
Very informative article, I think it is rather frightening and scary. Maybe it is a natural cycle to de-populate the world and keep it in balance with nature.
Anne Lyken-Garner | Apr 4, 2008 | Reply
The germs are indeed ‘intelligent’ but as we know, they only do what is natural for them to do and can mostly be predictable, even in view of mutation and the ability to split genetic make-up
Surely, it must be the human who in fact possess the true intelligence, since it is up to the human to predict the germs’ behaviour and continue to produce antibodies to kill or stunt their growth.
In addition, it is the human who comes out the winner most of the time don’t you think?
nobert soloria bermosa | Apr 5, 2008 | Reply
i agree with you Anne…nice piece though