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June 9, 2016
Title: Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs in America
Topic: Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs in America
Discussed by Peter Pitts
with The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (www.CMPI.org)
For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United
States carrying a superbug bacteria resistant to all antibiotics.
This is an alarming development that the top U.S. public health official says
could mean “the end of the road” for antibiotics, as quoted from the Washington
Post.
Peter Pitts is President and co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the
Public Interest. From 2002-2004 Peter was the FDA’s Associate Commissioner
for External Relations, serving as senior communications and policy adviser to
the Commissioner. Peter’s book, “Become
Strategic or Die”, is widely recognized as a cutting edge study
of how leadership, in order to be successful over the long term, must be
combined with strategic vision and ethical practice. He is also the editor of
the new book, “Coincidence
or Crisis”, a discussion of global prescription medicine
counterfeiting.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Has the over-prescribing of antibiotics caused a public health disaster? Peter
says that “the danger of ignorance and the value of innovation” have
led to this crisis. Listen as he explains.
Does this crisis dwarf the magnitude of vaccines-cause-autism issue?
Should we really be concerned that one person out of 360 million has this
drug-resistant superbug? Peter reveals how hundreds of hospitals in Europe are
closing due to this issue and how it could happen here in the United States. The
Netherlands, for example, has an outrageous procedure in place in their
hospitals to keep everyone safe. Is it necessary or overly cautious?
Are doctors unwisely using antibiotics too early and too often?
Are parents overreacting by demanding a prescription too soon when their kids
become sick?
Peter Pitts also issues a dire warning for everyone concerning this situation.
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