FRONTLINE "Hunting Nightmare Bacteria"

For a very long time, I have considered that virus is much more deadly to get in contact with as compared to bacteria, or say bugs. Such understanding perhaps steam from the fact that we have antibiotics to fight against bacteria, but not for virus. Virus, such as HIV seems to be incurable and deadly. From the Frontline "Hunting Nightmare Bacteria" report, I came to acknowledge that this is not the case. Even though human have learn to develop all sorts of antibiotics, the battle with bacteria did not come to an end. Actually, we had entered a different battle field where we face a rise of superbugs that modern antibiotics are powerless to stop. In Frontline's report, they followed 2 young people who desperately fought the battle to survive infection in the USA.

The report also reveal a striking trend that many drugs companies have abandoned investing in developing new antibiotics, for simple economic reason. These drug companies are responsible for their investors not for the health of the population. So, should it have been the government's responsibility to invest in the development of the drugs?  Government officials in the interview clearly shows the lack of dedicated institution dealing with this problem and the issue is way down in the 70th of the public health concerns. As individuals, I feel venerable knowing how little the government is prepared for such epidemic.