Superbugs

Well, after a long winter break(I'd forgotten how long MIT breaks and how discontinuous it is...)I'm back. I've also had a nasty run in with one of the new superbugs, which I caught after rowing(Norovirus). Not only did it spread like wildfire through my rowing team, but also through my Sloan Fellows cohort. It's clear that there are a new class of bugs that are pretty resistant to existing treatment. Bill Ericson of MDV was interviewed a while back about how certain bugs are emerging in hospitals, and are resitant to antibiotics. I could see with demographic trends, greater reliance on health care, and more globalisation, that this problem only gets worse.