The rise of the superbugs - antibiotic resistance, the end of mankind?
Ian Goodall SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Rotary/charity/Probus/WI/u3a
- Fee:
- Free
- Category:
- Science
- Updated:
- 23rd November 2024
- Tagged:
- Superbugs
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming about 100 years ago. But now, more and more resistant strains of antibiotics are arising. This is partly due to overprescribing, partly because pharmaceutical companies aren’t interested in finding new ones, and partly because of their use with farm animals. If we no longer have antibiotics available, then we will be back in the situation where people die of childhood infections, and surgery like hip replacement becomes a lottery. My talk is highly illustrated with many colourful slides.
Views: 369 | Enquiries: 7About Ian Goodall
Ian’s talks have been described as ‘highly engaging and informative’ ‘One of the best speakers we’ve ever had’. Ian is the retired Headmaster of a large comprehensive school and now gives highly illustrated talks which have been extremely well received . He has degrees from several universities. He has developed a number of highly illustrated talks with a biological/medical theme. Talks include The man who caught a million criminals - Alec Jefferys and the invention of DNA fingerprinting.
The history of vaccines - Edward Jenner to the Covid mRNA vaccines.
The rise of the superbugs- antibiotic resistance. The history of genetics - the race to the double helix’. I have given 50 of these talks to Rotary Clubs, Probus Clubs, U3A groups and other societies - with uniformly excellent feedback. Talks can be anything between 30 and 60 minutes, according to your preference.
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