If you get this kind of flu you will be in bad shape. It is a new super bug a type of advanced bacteria that even the most knowledgeable scientists have not been able to find a cure for.
On television some evening drama series’ have seen like “Person of Interest” where a person with a cough died in under a few hours after exposure. This is not entirely untrue in some cases as the media tries to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality and current events with recent outbreaks.
The Swine Flu is a bad one indeed. Avian flu is yet another.
With the ever flowing instances of convergences from other countries into ours and other parts of the globe, from people fleeing from earthquakes or drought or fleeing for fear of being subject to the brutality of Isis, for whatever the reason there have been more cases of new super bugs and migrations of insects like the mosquito from Argentina or Brazil upwards into the Northern American continent across Central America up into the United States and Canada.
With global warming there will be warmer weather, more rainfall and rising water levels across the planet and with warmer climate being raised just one degree or more can change the way the ecosystem performs in ways we are not even prepared for or can even yet imagine.
A 49 year old woman had a case of E-coli resistant bacteria that would not respond to colistin but fortunately there were other types of antibiotics that worked in her case. The main concern that doctors and scientists have today about this new superbug is the fact that some new strains of bacteria are able to resist the latest forms of antibiotics. MCR-1 is an anti-biotic resistant gene that is found in this latest E-coli strain and they are very concerned that this could mutate in other microbes and cause them to also become able to resist the effects of antibiotics that may cause a greater instance of deaths with the odds being over 50% mortality to one who becomes exposed.
We have long been warned to not take antibiotics unless they are prescribed and that we are told also to always take exactly the number of doses as prescribed by our doctor and never let the medicine be taken for anything other than the infection we are prescribed the medication for.
It is time to be more careful when out and about. Take care when in public,
1. Wash your hands with soap frequently to avoid the possibility of C-Diff
2. Cover your cough by coughing not onto the palm of your hand but rather bend your arm and cough into your elbow.
3. Get an annual flu shot.
As far as I am concerned you can’t be too careful. Keeping up with the latest news about new superbugs is not a casual thing in our lives any more. It is as important to keep up with the potential of wide spread outbreaks as it is to beware of storms on the way. Survival depends on own vigilance.
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Your advice to cough into your sleeve and wash your hands frequently are both wise counsel, but honestly C. difficile is not a concern for most of the population.
The time to be concerned is if you are taking antibiotics, especially very strong ones or for a prolonged period of time, or if you are in hospital.
In the first case, pharmacists and doctors recommend eating yogurt twice or more a day to replace the natural flora of your intestines. Failing that, ask the pharmacist about a good probiotic. In the second case, it's not your own handwashing you want to worry about, but the hands of hospital personnel who tend to get sloppy with infection control protocols. Don't be afraid to ask if someone entering your room has washed their hands, or to ask medical personnel to wash before administering care. It's often skipped, and it's how hospital-acquired infections spread.
For the flu shot, it's great if you get it. But remember that a seasonal flu shot only protects against flu, and not other infections like the common cold. There may be other vaccines that you need to receive, so ask your doctor. Measles and whooping cough are two infections you'll want to protect against, if your shots need updating.
Thank you for the good feedback. And I am glad you did not notice the misspell in my title, as it should have read, New Super Bug Variant without any cure. I have BSD Bad Spelling Disease. lol