Antibiotic resistant bacteria

Why isn't this story getting more mainstream news coverage? Google News search for resistant bacteria Detroit shows only a few matches, but regular Google shows plenty of blog posts about it.

With a quote like the following, it should be getting wide coverage, especially considering it's an issue where changing people's behavior via information can have a great beneficial effect:

"In the scheme of public health threats, this has to rank close to the top," David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, said of antibiotic resistance. "It's a serious threat now, and it's getting worse fast. It's dramatically more of a public health threat than pesticides on food."

Note that he's speaking about antibiotic resistance in general, but here's someone closer to the specific event :

"From a scientific point of view, it's probably one of the most remarkable and significant events in my lifetime," said Dr. Steve Lerner, vice chief of infectious diseases at Detroit Medical Center.

Found at Cody Clark's blog. Spread the meme!

December 07, 2002 07:28 AM