Scientists Warn of New Bacteria Worse than Coronavirus, Kills 10 Mln Annually

Senior scientists around the world have warned of a deadly super bug, which is much worse than the Coronavirus "COVID-19".

That new strain of bacteria will kill 10 million people annually, and kill 350 million people by 2050, according to "Okaz" a daily Saudi newspaper.

The scientists present very bleak warnings so shaving, childbirth, small scratches or routine operations, such as a hip replacement, will become life threatening as medicine returns "to the dark ages", and humans will not be able to fight any infection at all.

The lethal effect of that super bug is linked to an over-dependence on antibiotics that are about to stop working because the bacteria have become resistant to them.

The scientists described the crisis as the biggest threat to human health, without exception as the excessive use of antibiotics during the Coronavirus crisis accelerates the problem.

"Russia Today", a Russian English-spoken website news quoted the Director of Biosecurity Research at the Australian National Science Agency, Dr. Paul de Barrow, as saying: "If you think that COVID-19 was bad, you will not want an antimicrobial resistance."

He added that he doesn't think he is exaggerating by saying that it is the biggest threat to human health, without exception."

"COVID-19 is not close to the potential impact of an antimicrobial resistance. We will return to the dark ages of health," he said

The senior Australian doctor said that simple things like scratches can kill you, childbirth can kill you, cancer treatment, major surgeries, diabetes, and all of this will often be the result of the use of antibiotics.

"We will end up with tremendous pressure on the health system, exactly the kind of things you see with COVID-19," he noted.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says antibiotic resistance will cause 350 million deaths by 2050.

Indeed, at least 700,000 deaths worldwide annually are blamed for this condition, but experts believe this is an understatement. The number is expected to reach 10 million deaths annually.

Humans already rely heavily on antibiotics, general practitioners and hospital staff, and are subject to strict guidelines to avoid prescribing unnecessary drugs.

However, antibiotic-resistant infections are already widespread in the U.S. and across the globe.

A 2011 national survey of infectious-disease specialists, conducted by the IDSA Emerging Infections Network, found that more than 60% of participants had seen a pan-resistant, untreatable bacterial infection within the prior year.

Many public health organizations have described the rapid emergence of resistant bacteria as a crisis or nightmare scenario that could have catastrophic consequences.

The CDC declared in 2013 that the human race is now in the post-antibiotic era, and in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the antibiotic resistance crisis is becoming dire.

MDR bacteria have been declared a substantial threat to U.S. public health and national security by the IDSA and the Institute of Medicine, as well as the federal Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance.

Among gram-positive pathogens, a global pandemic of resistant S. aureus and Enterococcus species currently poses the biggest threat.

MRSA kills more Americans each year than HIV/AIDS, Parkinsons disease, emphysema, and homicide combined.

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and a growing number of additional pathogens are developing resistance to many common antibiotics.

The global spread of drug resistance among common respiratory pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is epidemic.

Gram-negative pathogens are particularly worrisome because they are becoming resistant to nearly all the antibiotic drug options available, creating situations reminiscent of the pre-antibiotic era.

The emergence of MDR (and increasingly pan-resistant) gram-negative bacilli has affected practice in every field of medicine.

The most serious gram-negative infections occur in health care settings and are most commonly caused by Enterobacteriaceae (mostly Klebsiella pneumoniae), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter.

MDR gram-negative pathogens are also becoming increasingly prevalent in the community.

These include extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.