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    Opinion: Antibiotic resistance: the hidden threat lurking behind Covid-19

    As we come together to fight today's #Covid19 crisis, we must also look ahead to the next one and make sure we have new antibiotics in place to fight the…
    by Julie L. Gerberding Mar 23, 2020 4 minutes
    Bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae complicate viral infections like the flu, H1N1, and Covid-19.

    The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic highlights the critical need for rapid development of vaccines and antiviral treatments to reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths caused by this dangerous new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. The biopharmaceutical industry has quickly responded and at least 80 candidates are already in development. With good luck, we will eventually have some of the tools we need to fight this new global threat.

    But there is an even larger threat lurking behind the current outbreak, one that is already killing hundreds of thousands of people around the world and that will complicate the care of many Covid-19 patients. It is the hidden

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