TO THE EDITOR:
If MRSA is showing itself in dorm bathrooms, what other kinds of “superbugs” could be lurking in our corners? As antibiotic resistance is on the rise, these threats seem increasingly scarier.
This growing public health concern has its roots in our meat, actually. The feed of factory farm animals is being pumped with human antibiotics and in turn, creating superbugs that are reaching their way to us through water and soil runoff, and even eating the meat. It is crucial that we are aware of the presence of antibiotic resistance, especially when living in spaces that are breeding zones for highly contagious diseases like MRSA.
The first step is awareness, and the next step is prevention. We must educate our friends and peers about antibiotic resistance — a threat to the future of our health. We must also voice our fear of this reality that is seeping into our lives by urging industrial farms to change their ways. If we don’t do this, who knows what could be found on a bathroom curtain next. It might not be as easy to treat.
Dana Averbook
First-year
Global Studies
