Antibiotic resistance - the new health threat

Our pill-popping culture and lack of discipline in following through a course of treatment completely, has led to an ever increasing threat of microbes who have evolved to resist the antibiotics that until now targeted them. The end result being, fatalities world over owing to sicknesses that previously had known cures through pills / syrups / tablets / injections etc.

An elaborate write-up on this topic appeared recently in the Economist magazine - the link to which is given below. Have a read through and let me know your thoughts on it.

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21699116-how-combat-dangerous-rise-antibiotic-resistance-when-drugs-dont-work?