“Now MRSA kills more people than AIDS every “
It is my understanding that AIDS actually kills very few people. AIDS (and HIV that precedes it) weaken the immune system so that the person dies of pneumonia or some other disease or infection due to a weak immune system.
So the article seems like a lot of gobbledygook. What we need is naturally strong immune systems and less reliance on drugs. That means changes in lifestyle are more important than changes in the drug development process. I’m not against drug development. But let’s get some perspective here.
Pre-existing conditions is one example. Health Insurance companies, Medicare, etal should be allowed/required to set rates based on lifestyle. Those engaged in promiscuous sex, alcoholism, Drug addiction and similar lifestyle choices should pay a higher rate than those with good lifestyle choices.
The health insurance market would do this naturally if allowed to do it. But government regulations protect and encourage risky lifestyle choices.
“What we need is naturally strong immune systems and less reliance on drugs.”
True...but that may not save your life if you have an acute infection, particularly MRSA. Young athletes, which one could reasonably assume to have functional immune systems, have been taken down by MRSA. We need both - a strong immune system and the availability of effective antibiotics for worse-case scenarios.