For anyone that's ever read a Michael Creighton suspense novel, you probably have a pretty good idea of what a superbug could do to the United States or even to the world. The situation is however all too real as recent estimates indicate that the level or preponderance of superbugs attacking patients in the United States is much higher than originally estimated.
The estimate is about 10 times the rate that some health officials had previously estimated.
Source: Superbug may strike 5 percent of hospital, nursing home patients - CNN.com
Basically the superbug is growing and it's growing faster than what we originally predicted. Fortunately, the superbug has not had a devastating impact on the population at large yet. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't be more prepared or take action now. It's not a reaction of fear, but he reaction of preparation. The United States and the world needs to more to prepare for this and I would suggest that one of the first steps is in reeducating the American labor force. We need more highly educated people capable of dealing with problems like these on a massive scale.
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