Revenge of the Germs
November 6, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
This month marks the centennial of The Great War’s ending. But it also recalls the “Great Influenza” when somewhere between fifty and 80 million people died worldwide. Discharged soldiers spread the flu as they returned home. Today, the world is more densely populated than in 1918, and people travel casually between continents, which is why antibiotic resistance in common pathogens, like Staphylococcus epidermidis, thriving on the skin of all people, is so threatening. While we thrill to news of stem cell and gene therapies, the ancient “Pest Jungfrau” (Plague Angel) may still be watching in the shadows of time. MORE
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