I'm skeptical that this is a good thing given how the profit motive motivates people to "externalize" side effects; Environmental damage from antibacterial soaps, disrupting natural biological processes, disease-resistant bacteria, are a few effects.
> Scientists have discovered an antibiotic capable of fighting infections that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year
Given it's potential as a medicine, the media will hype it into public consciousness. Marketers & Entrepreneurs will use this social inertia to sell it in places where it is dangerous to use. The FDA has a history of revolving doors with big pharma & playing loose in pandering to corporate interests, at the expense of the public & environment.
I'm merely presenting a minority view here on Hacker News. It's good to have all your t's crossed and i's dotted.
> Scientists have discovered an antibiotic capable of fighting infections that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year
Given it's potential as a medicine, the media will hype it into public consciousness. Marketers & Entrepreneurs will use this social inertia to sell it in places where it is dangerous to use. The FDA has a history of revolving doors with big pharma & playing loose in pandering to corporate interests, at the expense of the public & environment.
I'm merely presenting a minority view here on Hacker News. It's good to have all your t's crossed and i's dotted.