• Question: What would happen if all antibiotics were not effective anymore?

    Asked by Precious to Max, Francis, Ben on 6 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Francis Man

      Francis Man answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      We would have no way of treating bacterial infections and many more people would die. For some infections you wouldn’t necessarily die, but it would take much longer to recover.
      I think we would also have to isolate a lot more people to prevent infections from spreading.
      It’s a scary situation, I hope we don’t get to that point.

    • Photo: Max Jamilly

      Max Jamilly answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      100 years ago, penicillin hadn’t been discovered. People could die or suffer major medical complications from tiny cuts or infections. Without antibiotics, the same could happen today – although the widespread use of antibiotics over the last fifty years means that some strains of bacteria are even more dangerous now than they were back then.

    • Photo: Ben Mulhearn

      Ben Mulhearn answered on 7 Mar 2018:

      I’m afraid I would have to agree with the answers below – we would be very susceptible to death from simple infections, and therefore our life expectancy would be much reduced… scary…!

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