How can we solve the antibiotic resistance crisis? - Gerry Wright

[@TEDEd]

Hello all! A friendly reminder that antibiotics are medicines that treat bacterial infections, not viral infections, because they can’t kill viruses. Find out more about viruses (i.e. what is a virus? How do vaccines work? What is a pandemic?) with our playlist: bit.ly/HumansVsViruses

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

TED-Ed "you're sick. Have three tiny tanks"

[@diiiaggl4513]

This should be in the introduction...the video is really interesting

[@z-e-r-o-]

link to the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLJicmE8fK0EiTqtnTb9Mjb4UUyMt39YVQ

[@muslimyouthcongress9541]

*_Use bacterio phages_*

[@DC-zh5qs]

What if we use the Friendly Bacterias in our body to kill the dangerous Bacterias?

[@wood3075]

The public’s awareness of phages will hopefully encourage pharma to invest into the important rnd for phages to be used in large scales like antibiotics, wonderful video TedEd!

[@caderfirasmoosa299]

@SnoopyDoo statistically the chance of this is miniscule compared to the chance of someone dying from the infection itself. Besides they are very good at doing their job, I even remeber reading about a man who got cured from a super resistant bacteria thanks to phages. . . . Bet he's thanking the phages

[@caderfirasmoosa299]

i think ted ed already made a video on these.

[@abdurrahmanf.a.5624]

kurzgesagt have a good video about this.

[@noelsrx376]

@@caderfirasmoosa299 it's true. Viruses mutate rapidly. Look at the current corona virus pandemic for example. This virus wasn't supposed to attack human cells, but thanks to mutation you can see how dangerous this disease has become.

[@Zayden.]

We need to expropriate the pharmaceutical companies and run them under democratic workers' control.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

I like how the tanks progress historically just as the antibiotics did.

[@Gabo-wg3dv]

Nice catch

[@skytrexz3714]

Gabo pretty obvious

[@Gabo-wg3dv]

@@skytrexz3714 not really

[@skytrexz3714]

Gabo bruh if you didn’t catch that you have no brain

[@Gabo-wg3dv]

@@skytrexz3714 That makes absolutely no sense kid

[@bittersweetreclaimedlands]

A doctor on an interview was saying exactly this and he was told to not scare people. Today, on national television.

[@todabsolute]

Media: causes mass panic to make cash Also media: don scare people!

[@bittersweetreclaimedlands]

DD national, it's an indian public service broadcast. Now I'm not saying that it's the channel's fault because they've been very transparent about everything, never misused the power. They have good easy to understand programs, mostly educational and social development. It was the anchor's perspective I believe, there were a couple of doctors, amazing people and live tv isn't always perfect. It's not about performance. I hope this answers your question.

[@bittersweetreclaimedlands]

@Yanjun Sun exactly! We need to know.

[@todabsolute]

@Yanjun Sun lol, it will. At least half below 100IQ

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

I'd like to know who told him not to scare people. Government? Media?

[@AJEETSINGH-nx9ll]

Yeah we've got financial stability for war but nothing against bacteria.

[@shraddhanipurte639]

True that! But it's so sad

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

We need to stop wasting money on wars and have world leaders fight in a wrestling tournament on live TV it would be fun to see Donald Trump vs Kim jong un

[@danzoom]

@@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening then Russia would almost always win lol

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

@@danzoom I was thinking Kim jong in would always win all he has to is lunge at people and lay down on them considering how obese he is

[@danzoom]

@Crazy Pants how covid is related to this?

[@IAmQube]

Antibiotics saved my Mom’s life last month. She had a myriad of different infections in her body by MANY DIFFERENT TYPES of bacteria. One of them being antibiotic resistant to more than half of the antibiotics available. It’s scary to think what would happen if we got a bacteria that is completely antibiotic resistant. My mom wouldn’t have stood a chance.

[@wasupman2284]

What did she have and what antibiotic was it?

[@DerekBertrand-j4h]

Theres many different types of antibiotics made from various plants not just pennicillin made from mold. Rasberry, oregano, honey, and garlic are all great examples. Of course they help with illness its absurd germs or bacteria are not gonna become immune to them they been on this planet billions of years 🙄 #fake science scientists get caught faking data all the time and they are just as greedy for gain and corrupt as politicians thats why many legitimate scientists like mathemetician Grigori Perelman protest the scientific community. Follow the money 💰

[@pussypussypussypussypussy]

@@wasupman2284I guess we’ll never know

[@Laphangirigitta]

What antibiotic was it?

[@reymundalagos9889]

PLEASE DON’T USE ANTIBIOTICS WHEN YOU DON’T NEED IT ‼️‼️‼️

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

What like the antibiotics that your food was given ? Farm animals are on antibiotics as standard ; this is where the antibiotic resistant bacteria are coming from not to mention , SARS ,MERS ,Bird flu , etc , etc . Please don't eat animals .

[@paulinski011]

@@isupportthecurrentthing.1514 I'll just get em and eat em the old way

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

@@paulinski011 AIDS came from wild animals . Zoonotic disease is statistically more likely to emerge from farms but it can come from the wild too . How about you stop abusing the animals , let them have their life , and eat some beans instead ?

[@pelledanasten1615]

@@isupportthecurrentthing.1514 dont

[@paulinski011]

@@isupportthecurrentthing.1514 humans did it for millennia. And we NEED animal protein, I just like to consume it the old fashioned way

[@differenttankshapes341]

Can we stop funding useless wars and start putting funds into life saving medicine

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

What we need is to stop paying for animal agriculture to produce these pathogens in the first place .

[@d1want34]

Not profitable

[@shraddhanipurte639]

@@isupportthecurrentthing.1514 exactly! Cannot agree more.

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

We should it's only a matter of time before the next bacterial Pandemic or plague occurs hundreds of millions will die possibly even billions will die

[@rilbitz8364]

@@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening in the next 100 years or so, exactly 100 years from now

[@finix596]

We learned about them in class and learnt that if the bacteria gain immunity against antibiotics, it could be responsible for millions of deaths each year. Thanks Ted once again for a informative video with a wonderful animation.

[@maxwa1k3r98]

phages will save us all!!

[@firelordeliteast6750]

I mean, lots of things cause millions of death each year

[@generaltom6850]

@@firelordeliteast6750 yeah, but millions more is till bad.

[@salt_factory7566]

The fact that ted put the effort in to make the "original antibiotic tank" an FT-17 warms my heart. Ah yes the topic, us all dying from disease yeah right back to that thing.

[@balaalalaslk]

One thing a doctor told me about medicine and particularly anti-bacterials, is that you must complete your dosage given by the doctor even if you feel better and don't feel like taking it anymore. You are giving the tiny group that managed to hide away from the medicine a fighting chance, and they might come back with a vengeance. When you feel better think of it as the last step in Street Fighter, FINISH HIM (the bacteria).

[@frantisekvrana3902]

That makes sense. Finish the cleanse, don't let the few slightly more resistant ones have offspring.

[@jokotri2186]

MORTAL KOMBAT

[@sarveshsawant9564]

Just an indication that we are funding the wrong things

[@Leo-im4sm]

I Iiterally feel so very enlightened after watching TED-ED videos. And love the way they explain various concepts using graphics 👍🏻

[@Rustycannon7734]

I love how you guy represented the first antibiotic, penicilin as the renault ft 17. The first tank with a rotating turret.

[@wood3075]

Another thing that helps is that phages evolve too!

[@Zak-tk8wv]

Rockytherocket 30 yeah its an evolutional arms race between the two species.

[@Sandblossom21743]

evolutionary arms race ftw

[@obbyfool]

"Save someone's life or make more money" Companies: *GIVE ME THE CASH*

[@ovilersmith5006]

Medicare for all!

[@eyereflected]

@@BassRukarioGuerrero how do we pay all these corporate bailouts when the stock market crashes or all these pointless wars?

[@silverleaf15]

Honestly clinical trials for testing new drugs that do save lives are super expensive. A lot of time and money go into making sure that the random new chemical they’re putting in people won’t kill them and actually deter the bacteria. Like the video said there are companies who do try and develop life saving antibiotics but they don’t have the funding to bring it to market.

[@Gabo-wg3dv]

You know the scientists behind those companies need to feed their family right?

[@elevatorfilmersg]

Bass Rukario Guerrero What you said is false as it’s not always the case. In case you don’t know there are different kinds of tax, indirect and direct taxes. If the government increases progressive tax (eg. income tax) to reduce income inequality and don’t increase income tax rates for the poor, the poverty rate won’t go up, and the government can use the increased revenue from collecting more income taxes from those in higher income brackets to make transfer payments to the poor.

[@Alkalus]

Coronavirus Outbreak: *exists* Ted-Ed: _Let’s keep learning, everyone!_

[@abuzohaifa1066]

Exactly. I thought it would be something related to COVID-19

[@Soma2501]

At least it'll inform ppl to not use antibiotics to fend of corona

[@samarth3957]

@@abuzohaifa1066 it is related tho. Next Epidemic might be due to drug resistance, so they are making us aware.

[@samarth3957]

@@JikumuntoYT no, it affects bacteria only Antiviral affects virus.

[@williamstier6445]

@Mr. Liu Yeah and there's also another corona virus called rhino which causes the common cold, so I really don't like that everyone is calling it the corona virus instead of SARS Cov 2 which is much more specific!

[@theking-zf6jo]

If we use antibiotics when not needed, we may not have them when they are most needed. 👏The greatest a quote i've ever read✌️👌

[@johnsurette5178]

How can there be dislikes when this was posted 4 minutes ago and the video is 6 minutes long

[@onatkalkan4907]

John Surette, because some pea pole just hate modern medicine and prefer “ home drugs” ( *cough* marijuana *cough*)

[@akshatpunia]

Anti-vaxxers

[@nadeemm4564]

Anti humans

[@user-pz6kq2tv9m]

Anti vaxxers

[@circle4602]

You have got to be kidding me, KZbin purposefully increases the dislikes, but the ratio of likes to dislikes is like 20 to 1

[@HayashiManabu]

The only thing that can make me more depressed during the coronavirus outbreak is a bacteria invasion

[@hachiko_6139]

yeah

[@sip__]

Hayashi Manabu coronavirus is just a weaker flue. Stop being sad

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

Perhaps we should stop paying for factory farms to create these deadly pathogens and squander our medicines . We are the ones enabling this . If you don't want it , don't pay for it .

[@sip__]

Terry Fandango bro, you don’t sound deep at all.

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

@@sip__ Have you got anything real to add or this kind of innane jibber jabber all you're capable of ?

[@TechEyeAndroid]

While I was panicking over antibiotics resistance, phages appeared to me like superheroes (at 4:21 )and I was like I saw a ray of hope.

[@Sandblossom21743]

ALL HAIL THE DEADLY D20s

[@arsilvyfish11]

Gerry Wright is one of the best narrators I have ever heard to. His voice has a magical knowledge effect as if I can learn the most boring things by listening to him 😄😌

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

You said that already on Life Noggin, what a rip off

[@lambporks]

SciFactsYT mad cow disease?

[@lambporks]

And like isnt smallpox still a thing? I’m sure eradicated means no traces left

[@br9760]

What's rinderpest? Random person: *Exactly.*

[@lambporks]

B R exactly

[@naz0317]

I cant believe this was made 3 years ago. the visuals are fun and amazing in describing what was being explained. overall an amazing educational video

[@nitoygonzales4581]

True with the antibiotics for agriculture. The last time that they check the resistance issue was in the 80's. Hopefully we are giving our share to help with this ABR problem 😊

[@someguy2135]

The most effective way for each of us to do our share is to boycott animal products. One of many reasons to do so. 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Animal ag wastes a huge amount of fresh water. Each vegan saves 219,000 gallons of water every year! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Needless killing of innocent, sentient beings cannot be ethically justified. 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A healthy plant based diet significantly reduces the chances of ED later in life, and even 1 meal can improve bedroom performance 14- Vegetarians and vegans have lower rates of dementia later in life 15- A plant based diet could save money! You could reduce your food budget by one third! 16-A fully plant based diet improves the immune system according to a study published in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health 17-A fully plant based food system would greatly reduce food borne illnesses like salmonella 18-A fully plant based food system would be able to feed millions more people. Our population is growing! 19-A fully plant based food system would save 13,000 lives a year from the air pollution caused by animal agriculture, according to a study 20- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1 trillion in health care and related costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. KZbin only allows a certain number of links at my channel. Can anyone refute any of these compelling reasons to boycott animal products?

[@derekyong8878]

My notes: - The first antibiotics were effective against a vast variety of bacteria, but those bacteria grew resistant over time - Newer antibiotics were created, but these could only target specific types of bacteria - Thus, antibiotics were sold in fewer doses than before, making them less profitable. - Profitability further decreased when doctors began practising more discretion about overprescribing antibiotics. - Decentivised from discovering new antibiotics, pharmaceuticals began focusing on producing more profitable drugs, such as those that could be used over a person’s lifetime (e.g. blood pressure medication) - By the 1980’s, no new antibiotics were discovered - Bacteria grew increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics, and even began sharing resistance cross-species - This problem perpetuates when antibiotics are used in farms to boost animal growth - Solutions involve: a) controlling antibiotic use (especially in farms) b) producing new antibiotics (pharmacists can study the use of phages and antibiotics produced by fungi) c) creating antibiotics that can break bacterial resistance (e.g. creating antibiotics that are resistant to the protein compounds some bacteria create to destroy antibiotics) d) creating new economic schemes that would incentivise drug companies to discover and produce antibiotics (e.g. those that rely on subscription rather than quantity)

[@justananimeweeb6696]

Thx

[@someguy2135]

You-"- Solutions involve: a) controlling antibiotic use (especially in farms)" That gives us consumers a way to reduce the problem by boycotting animal products. One of the many reasons to do so. 1-Your own health (vegans are less likely to get several deadly chronic diseases) 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of an antibiotic resistant pathogen. 4-Animal ag wastes a huge amount of fresh water. Each vegan saves 219,000 gallons of water every year! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Needless killing of innocent, sentient beings cannot be ethically justified. 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A healthy plant based diet significantly reduces the chances of ED later in life, and even 1 meal can improve bedroom performance 14- Vegetarians and vegans have lower rates of dementia later in life 15- A plant based diet could save money! You could reduce your food budget by one third! 16-A fully plant based diet improves the immune system according to a study published in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health 17-A fully plant based food system would greatly reduce food borne illnesses like salmonella 18-A fully plant based food system would be able to feed millions more people. Our population is growing! 19-A fully plant based food system would save 13,000 lives a year from the air pollution caused by animal agriculture, according to a study 20- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1 trillion in health care and related costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. KZbin only allows a certain number of links at my channel. Can anyone refute any of these compelling reasons to boycott animal products?

[@NoOne-sz8co]

Need to comeback to this when I study again

[@debanjan25]

Just loved it ❤...only ted ed can give this solid information in a concise and crispy way

[@_MintArcade]

Actual title: How capitalism affects bacteria's immune against antibiotics

[@eyereflected]

revolution when?

[@offandsphere6788]

@@eyereflected gonna be scrolling memes about it when that happens lol

[@eyereflected]

@@offandsphere6788 at least toss a brick at a ceo before you do

[@sunildayarathne4168]

check this site .antibiotics short note lessons www.npl20.com/anti2.html

[@YabaiModding]

"How corporatism" is more appropiate. Capitalism no longer exists.

[@ayushaggarwal906]

The animation of bacteria is amazing

[@deproissant]

As a physician, the biggest hurdle I encounter dealing with this problem is that patients, don't really relate to the potential troubles of antibiotic resistance as it wouldn't really materialize significantly for the next few decades. The overprescription of antibiotics by physicians in the past has really built this reputation of antibiotics as some sort of magic bullets that can cure all diseases, and it's very hard to reverse that conviction. Patients are humans after all, and we are selfish especially when we're not at their best shape. We don't care about some bacteria with extensive drug-resistance 50 years down the line when we *believe* we can get better faster by taking antibiotics.

[@mounikakulkarni119]

Finally asking the real questions!

[@rollinthunder1000]

Something about this animation is oddly relaxing.

[@courage936]

thank you for this video, a service towards humanity.

[@sabiealdover]

i always love watching ted-ed's educational videos. as a student, some of the info i've learnt has really come in handy, especially in my studies and at school. it's also cool and interesting, and the way the info is presented is far from boring. thank you, ted-ed!

[@sahilarora5319]

❤❤❤ soo good explanation

[@lakshmimohan6467]

The animation and narration is wonderful as always 😍 love this channel

[@plontetris3297]

The quote is so powerful

[@mategido]

Had a class about this last week, the mechanism behind how the bacteria gets resistant is honestly scary! but fascinating!

[@awetgt2]

Someone needs to start a fundraiser. This gives me hope.

[@MichaelDodge27]

Further evidence that Greed is what is holding back humanity. Keep it up TED-Ed!!

[@Yathuprem]

6 mins yet so much information.

[@momtazbegum7102]

Well there's always a deficiency of something we misuse. So never waste. And great video as always TED-Ed

[@yaboi98]

Profit-motive driven approach to medicine is the reason why we have the overprescription and the disregard of the issue that leads to the resistance crisis

[@drfreudsmom]

Can you make a video on Corona Virus?

[@lakshmimohan6467]

Yes please

[@caringheart34]

But theres just few information about it...

[@Jensenrobinb]

THEY DID

[@sagarpuri7838]

This video is more amazing than antibiotics itself.

[@ro7x]

You know what causes more loss? War and military expenditure. Why it's "OK" to increase military expenditure every year, but when it comes to essentials like pharmaceutical industry, a big NO NO.😒

[@eyereflected]

imperializing other nations for their resources > protecting your own nation from internal problems such as poverty and lack of healthcare

[@cv4809]

The whole global trade and stability is based on maintaining a strong and updated military network Without the war industry, you would have nothing

[@-Theo-]

C V Ok boomer

[@eyereflected]

@@cv4809 then theres something fundamentally wrong with this system if it can only exist as long as there's unnecessary war

[@anonmouse6337]

Then you'd complain about giving money to pharmaceutical companies.

[@justalemon2317]

Team TED-Ed Are always the one who makes us learn in a fun way.

[@A_Typhlosion]

Perfect video in the middle of a extreme over use and purchasing of hand sanitizer.

[@ScentingSquirrel]

Isopropyl alcohol is not an antibiotic, it is a disinfectant and cannot cause antibacterial resistance. Fyi.

[@Sandblossom21743]

its not an antibiotic, it's a disinfectant

[@parasgovind6271]

Hey Ted-Ed! I love your videos so much that I even spread your wors to my classmates all the time! Keep up the good work!!!

[@borhex]

TED - "We have a problem with bacteria!" Kurzgesagt - "Hyperbacteria!"

[@xepiter4890]

I dont usually watch video about science stuff but you made me watch the whole thing🔥🔥🔥

[@Em-im1yz]

Im genuinely worried about resistance. Ive been over perscribed them for so many tonsillitis chest infections

[@afgor1088]

If you don't finish your course of anti biotics or take them in the correct timings you're contributing to the problem and it's not helping your tonsillitis

[@melissabrill8367]

12 for me in less than a year 😭 wbu

[@sansakrimemer]

I left in early now what i will do 😢

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Its surreal to watch this video... Ted-ed.. Thanks

[@avitalutchman8223]

I love being this early

[@Senpai-Yeager]

The animator is so good

[@tntcake6327]

Damn i never thought id be this early

[@a.b.8606]

Me too!

[@lilacevergarden7171]

Same here

[@jozehernan2477]

Lol

[@qalln-w272]

U gonna get 1 million dollars

[@KNOWLEDGEGURUhere]

Awesome video As Always... 😍 Love..

[@EchoL0C0]

Video: With enough funding, we'll be fine. In other words, we're all doomed.

[@AbhishekKumar-wf9ey]

Just the animations put a smile on many faces ~♥~

[@lucky-lu6tc]

And thats another reason why becoming Vegetarian is quite important for a worth living future of humanity

[@superseasnails8368]

this video radicalized me

[@jaykay6249]

See, I can’t donate to Ted ed but what I can do is watch ads. So can you.

[@roshan_productions]

Very interesting! I just learned about this topic in school.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Person: "I have depression" Doctor: "Laughter is the best medicine!.. _And so are anti depressants..."_

[@christabellelysander4392]

This is such a wonderfully cute video. But most importantly, so informative. Thank you!!!

[@joivi3167]

Okay, learned a lot but my goodness the animation! I was never been that focused on an animated doctor's mouth!!!

[@julianking6513]

Thank you soo much guys,Biology is my favourite subject and its given me inspiration to become something to do with drugs and antibiotics!!!

[@juustop]

When I thought there were already enough reasons for livestock to be over, I learn another one... Worst industry ever

[@ej_l2525]

Wow I've learn a lot in just a short video

[@Srijan625]

Me watching an ant: huh! what a puny thing Coronavirus: u said something?

[@anonymousdude2550]

This video is much needed in the current crises. Thanks Ted-ed

[@duchi882]

Plot Twist: The Coronavirus is Earth's Antibiotic from Humans

[@squashytail8689]

That’s really boomer

[@groovy8262]

Yeah

[@Robert_Emu_Lee]

Duchi It’s not very effective, then

[@Sandblossom21743]

further plot twist: guess what isn't naturally occuring

[@md4700343]

Ted Ed is so cool they know how to talk about things so that I can understand

[@kylepollicove3564]

The clear issue of incentive here is due to for profit healthcare. If health priorities were based on saving lives and, well, health, we would have more safe and appropriate use of drugs and more appropriate funding allocation. This would also prevent issues like the opioid pandemic from becoming so profound.

[@diracsea4590]

Not-For-Profit healthcare wouldnt effect the opioid epidemic. Thats caused by people not wanting to feel pain and to want to feel happy and 100% 100% of the time. Its more linked to anxiety issues we see in people. People need to except that you arent going to be 100% 100% of the time. I live with chronic pain and was kept away from opioids bc of mental addiction; I had to live with some manageable pain so when it came time I needed the opioids for worse things I could take them.

[@kylepollicove3564]

@@diracsea4590 it is multifaceted for sure, but there are currently and historically active lawsuits for evidence that for profit healthcare has worsened the opioid pandemic through overprescription and overuse. Your personal experience is valid, but when there are doctors receiving kickbacks for the prescription of addictive substances, that is a conflict of interest of precise and accurate prescription

[@diracsea4590]

@@kylepollicove3564 Its a symptom of the over all problem not the cause. Doing away with for-profit medical care would be like giving a patient something for their cough and not what is causing the cough. In places like Canada and England they are having their own opioid issues; its at a much lower rate but they also have a longer wait time to see a medical practitioner who can prescribe said drugs. I am no fan of big pharma but Id rather have the salvo used on them be effective and be something we can really nail their asses to the wall with and not something that isnt on them. Producing the drug doesnt mean they intend it to to be abused in the way it has. A great example of all this is the the 1800s opium crisis in China; same cause, same reason. All big pharma did in this case was make a pill instead of smoking it. And the medical uses are still good and needed.

[@kylepollicove3564]

​@@diracsea4590 Sorry for late response, just seeing this :0 Canada and England are not necessarily excellent models for universal healthcare either. However, there are documented cases and open lawsuits that I mentioned before that you should investigate a bit. There are patters of continued, understood over diagnosis among certain pharma companies and prescribers in America, which is the most pharmaceutically intensive population in the world. We make up 4.4% of the worlds pop., but use a whopping 80% of the worlds opioids. In addition, pharmaceutical drugs cost 2.56 times the cost of other countries on average here. This is not strictly a problem only in the united states, but we certainly are an outlier.

[@hitblank2320]

Another hugely informative video by Ted ed

[@dipper0237]

Hi

[@snehaverma8524]

Ted ed coming to help us in our time of need in the coronavirus pandemic

[@egidijus6973]

Firstly, stop feeding live-stock with antibiotics.

[@cluelessmango768]

... at which point they'll get ill and die en masse. We need to rethink the entire way we go about livestock

[@Yeeeeeehaw]

thank you very much

[@thehonestguy7758]

The World: How can we cure CORONAVIRUS? TED-ED: THE ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS

[@landmimes]

MIT has recently developed an algorithm that has created a novel antibiotic. This, alongside the fact that phages show great potential (despite the regulatory system being too outdated to approve them alongside scalability issues) makes me think that it's not really a crisis anymore. Despite these advances, there's little science can do for people who think taking antibiotics will help against coronavirus.

[@まさかの瞬間]

I thought this was a riddle

[@woozertoo]

It is.

[@safewhale5598]

LMAO

[@carcary4971]

I LOVE TED-Ed

[@br9760]

The bacteria were here before us, and will likely be here after us. L

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

They'll be here after every living too

[@omidfilms]

Oxidation is bacteria’s kryptonite

[@BengaliPsyK]

Love the animation

[@thugnasty9695]

This channel is pure gold

[@Noukz37]

"food animals" :-(

[@alphaamoeba]

vegan huh

[@Noukz37]

@@alphaamoeba Yeah but regardless, that sounds so wrong on many levels...

[@timscoviac]

New antibiotic companies should also consider taking money donations so they could fund their research in making new ones to fight the problem and stay in business

[@rqmxn.]

Ted-Ed: Talks about phages The world: Talks about coronavirus

[@Sandblossom21743]

phages are cooler

[@umf4798]

Love your videos ted ed!

[@mulimotola44]

3:08 this is why people have to go vegan!

[@laphyreazul2625]

Amazing animation.

[@alex-ow3sd]

bacteriophage have entered the chat:

[@cluelessmango768]

right, but the funding problem still remains. If companies don't wanna spend that money where it won't make them enough money, you still have the same issue

[@nefertiti18z]

Hat's off to the animators, such interesting illustration 👍

[@cat4331]

Stop putting antibiotic in our foods

[@heyitsnicolem]

cat We wouldn’t be able to produce the quantity of animal products that we currently do without antibiotics. Currently, 80% of antibiotics go to livestock. The vast majority of animal products come from factory farms (even the stuff labeled cage free, organic, etc) where the animals are kept so close together they can barely move. We slaughter approximately 70 billion land animals for food each year. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough land to not keep them in these conditions and not promote growth in unnatural ways so they can be slaughtered after a few weeks or months depending on the species. The best thing we can do is reduce our consumption of animal products.

[@AMANDEEPSINGH-rz2un]

animation is excellent

[@uniqueusername_]

On today’s episode of *Capitalism Ruins Everything...*

[@cluelessmango768]

Capitalism is great for things like entertainment, but should really never be involved in any of the basic human needs, like shelter, food, and access to healthcare

[@cheeloc]

Love the animation 👏😎

[@ushagupta6973]

When nearly all science related channel on KZbin are releasing virus/diseases related videos, we should know that it is...... CORONA TIME

[@JopaulJacob]

Extensively informative..