[ErikVandeWater]

All the health agencies in the world know this is a problem, but are there any actual changes being made to prevent the worst-case scenario?

I worry this is the same situation as Covid, where health agencies knew for years hospital capacity was stretched thin, and lo-and-behold, thousands of people die unnecessarily when a new virus arrives because hospital capacity was overwhelmed.

[patall]

Afaik, one problem is that the health agencies can only do so much. Most antibiotics and antibiotics misuse happens in agriculture where a totally different agency is responsible. Yes, they should foster more research into new drugs, but the main challenge remains prophylactic animal treatment.

[ErikVandeWater]

It seems like a situation where hospitals could be designed in such a way to reduce the likelihood of creating 'superbacteria.' Certainly some must be better than others?

They could also address society generally having poor health - If the CDC pounded the table about unhealthy foods/the obesity epidemic I'm sure it could move the needle in some way. Addressing the obesity epidemic would be killing 100+ birds with one stone.

[mrguyorama]

Well now pretty much half of the country refuses anything the CDC says.

[hogrider]

It's like insurance, they think they won't need it and they don't have any incentive to do the right thing (spend more, much more, for a catastrophic but low chance scenario).