The warning issued last week from the CDC, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, relating to the threats from strains of bacteria that have grown impervious to bacteria, may only scratch the surface with respect to the overall threat.
The health warning did estimate that at least 2 million people in this country become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, and that at least 23,000 people die each year as a result of these infections. Thousands more die from infections contracted in hospitals, as well as from other conditions that were complicated by antibiotic-resistant infections.