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Adhdbanana t1_jaazyq0 wrote

Reply to ‘Looming global health crisis’: urgent action needed to prevent spread of drug-resistant superbugs, CSIRO says by Lakerlion

Speaking as someone who had a drug resistant staf infection post lumbar surgery it sucks and not something you think about until it happens to you. The infection was resistant to cefazolin and a few other meds. I had a PIC line inserted into my arm that ran close to my heart and I would inject vancomycin 3 times a day for around 8 weeks. When you are sitting with the ID guy at the hospital and he says "We can only hope it works" you get really nervous that the work "hope" was used.

Long story short, finish ALL your scripted meds and save a life.

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Chubbybellylover888 t1_jaaxwg6 wrote

Reply to comment by LeGuizee in Macron flies to Africa to counter waning French influence by HRJafael

Eh... Look up the African Frank. France has had economic sovereignty over most of western Africa for over half a century post-decolonisation.

It never stopped.

Russia and China are new to the game with regards to Imperialism in Africa. European nations are a full very much making bank on their exploits.

I say this as an EU citizen.

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ArmChairAnalyst86 t1_jaax6vr wrote

Reply to comment by Cold-Change5060 in China accuses U.S. of ‘disinformation’ over warnings it’s considering sending artillery and ammo to Russia by diana321

10,000 nuclear warhead detonation wouldn't affect South America? You don't really believe that, do you?

I am confidently sure of one thing and one thing alone. We lack the ability to model our planet 10 years after 10,000 nuclear detonations in a short time. Esp considering they won't be of the 14 kt Hiroshima variety.

I am reasonably sure that 100 nuclear detonations on the planet would significantly alter the world as we know it, and maybe we can model the atmospheric effects, but we cannot model all of the effects, including disease, food disruption, animal disruption, weather disruption, and most importantly social economic disruption.

Also, 100 missles seems like a good hypothetical number, which is a limited exchange by all accounts, but each missle likely has between 3-10 individual warheads as well.

Honestly, the whole damn thing is just unthinkable. It's a useless thought exercise. Humans would likely survive in some capacity no matter what short of every single region being nuked, but it wouldn't be anything close to life now. OUR world would have effectively been ended, for a new, much scarier, and horrible world.

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