Superbugs

Humans are fragile in nature and often require seeking medical attention for minor illnesses to aid in their speedy recovery. With the advanced medical technology, dealing with common attacks from bacteria in the present world creased to be a problem.

Global warming, cause by revolution of our modern world brings yet another threat to the society, the extreme climate which is experienced throughout the world and worsening. Getting sick is inevitable as bacteria thrive in present day climate. In spite so drugs prescribed by doctors are sufficient in curbing the problem, or are they? We are currently fighting a losing battle against new and improved super bugs. By not completing the full course of anti-biotic would exacerbate the problem. Bacteria within the body are not totally exterminated, leaving behind traces of bacterial that survive the first offence. They form the roots of a new 'species' of bacteria that are immune to current drugs such as anti-biotic.

Super bugs are impervious to standard treatments, and they flourish in the human body. Relying on stronger drugs would be a final way to counter the problem, however the process of treatment may damage some of the organs and thus carries a risk of death. The problem is further amplified as many drug-developing companies choose to end their business due to the fact that this was not a profitable business and they were suffering from huge loss in revenue. Statistics shows that only five out of five thousand drugs make it to the human trials and out of the five only one will receive regulatory approval. What makes the situation more desperate is that this mutated bacterium has made it to the war zone, invading soldiers by penetrating though their wounds and even local hospitals are facing the threat of these drug resistant super bugs.

In my opinion, the discovery of super bugs meant that if an immune bacterium thrives in a certain part of the world and a cure is not found, an epidemic will arise, and until then a rupture would be unavoidable. Although humans proved to be superior over other species, without constant evolution, a new era whereby humans no longer dominate could begin.
The government could give their helping hand by simply support the development of drugs through sponsorship of research to develop new drugs that could cater towards the need and able to kill modern day super bugs without having any side effects. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, if through individual action, humans would take action by simply be more alert towards their personal hygiene, so that no bacteria would be given the chance to penetrate through the human body.