🚨SUPERBUGS WILL COST $2 TRILLION AND KILL MILLIONS BY 2050 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are about to bankrupt the world. New research shows superbugs could cost the global economy $2 trillion annually by 2050 and kill millions more people. The US faces $295 billion in annual losses, while deaths from resistant infections are expected to jump 60%. Here's the kicker: governments are cutting the exact programs that fight these bugs. Anthony McDonnell (Center for Global Development): "Unless AMR programmes are protected from aid cuts, resistance rates across the world will likely increase at a rate in line with the worst-affected countries." Source: The Guardian
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