Quote Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad View Post
Since Phrank brought up the issue of the inevitable pandemics in the near future, I'll toss another monkey wrench into the discussion. We are approaching the end of the era of antibiotics' ability to control bacterial infections; from what I am reading, we are already there with some strains of STD's, tuberculosis, MRSA, various staph and strep strains. I foresee our health care infrastructures being overwhelmed even in developed countries within the near future.
The only reason this is happening is because the drug outfits aren't developing new antibiotics because they can't get huge profits from them. At some point you'll see new classes of antibiotics developed. If the dug outfits won't do it either the Gov't will or pressure will be applied.