There are absolutely enormous numbers of bacteria on the planet….and the VAST majority of them don’t cause disease and actually do very much good! They can be found in the strangest places…even on and in our bodies. But the roughly five percent of bacteria that indeed cause disease have painted the other 95% in a very bad light. So we often set out to destroy them any place and any time. Unfortunately, the over-use of bactericides (anything that kills bacteria!) has created bacteria that are tougher and tougher to get rid of….called resistance. This is a problem because some bacteria are now nearly impossible to kill….and we’ve created these superbugs through over-use of the very things that can and have saved so very many lives! We’ll explore this today and the ways we stop and improve this very real problem!
