Release the cures!!
23,000 people die a year from antibiotic resistant infections. Yet, we already discovered new bacteria (Streptomyces sp. myrophorea) from the soils of northern Ireland. Why are people still dying?
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-archive/2018/newbacteriadiscoveredinancientirishsoilhaltsgrowthofantibiotic-resistantsuperbugs.php
The main findings of the research were that the newly-identified strain of Streptomyces:
Inhibited the growth of four of the top six multi-resistant pathogens identified by the WHO as being responsible for healthcare-associated infections: Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Klebsiella pneumonia, and Carbenepenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii
Inhibited both gram positive and gram negative bacteria, which differ in the structure of their cell wall; usually gram negative bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics