[ExI] The post-antibiotic era

[BillK]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Anders Sandberg  wrote:
> Conflating antibiotics used for plants with the ones used for humans is just
> stupid - I lost all my respect for the Wired article at that point.
>

I think you may have misunderstood the quotation.
The author is writing about antibiotic resistance developing in *both*
the antibiotics used in humans and animals and also in the antibiotics
used on fruit trees. The plant bacteria resistance will lead to less
plant food being produced, which is an additional problem for humans.

The author is an award-winning reporter on epidemics. She has written
a book on MRSA.
She knows her subject.
<http://superbugthebook.com/about-the-author/biography/>

Her Wired blog is here:
<http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/superbug/>

BillK