• Faresh
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    There are quite a few harmful antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains already, so we can’t solely rely on the prospect of a potential new treatment.

    • scyrp@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      unless cell cultured meats come in a big way or there is a drastic reduction for demand of meat, overuse of antibiotics in the meat industry will continue which will just keep driving antibiotic resistance in bacteria even further. I don’t really have faith in governments to regulate this (doing so would basically kill factory farming) so relying on new treatments is all I can suggest.

        • scyrp@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          That’s the easiest solution, the best for the environment and probably our collective health. I just dont see it as realistic to do. People have an emotional attachment to meat and the industry has a powerful lobby in basically every government. I encourage everyone to do their part in reducing consumption but I think fighting for systemic regulation for meat access is an impossible battle. Cell culture/meat alternatives to price out conventional meat over time and advances in science to combat antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.

          • usernamesAreTrickyOP
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            A number of countries have had decent reductions in their meat consumption over the last decade. It’s not an impossible fight

            In 2011, Germans ate 138 pounds of meat each year. Today, it’s 121 pounds — a 12.3 percent decline. And much of that decline took place in the last few years, a time period when grocery sales of plant-based food nearly doubled.

            https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23273338/germany-less-meat-plant-based-vegan-vegetarian-flexitarian

            • scyrp@kbin.social
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              I applaud the small victories where they occur but global demand for meat is increasing exponentially with the rise of newly emerging countries.

              Despite clear concerns about climate breakdown viewed as an issue of a global emergency by two thirds of 1 million people surveyed from 50 countries, switching to plant-based dietary choices was not seen positively as the solution In a recent simulation study, Henchion et al. reported the projected demand for animal-based protein until 2050 and noted that decreases in meat consumption in European and American regions were possible, should effective policies be implemented to support a more sustainable food system. However, the study reported that these decreases would be accompanied by increased consumption in African and South-East Asian regions, rendering little change to the global average

              The global meat demand is projected to continue rising until the 2050s in the best case scenarios. It will quadruple demand from the year 2000

              Source

            • socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              I have no statistics but as a vegetarian over the last few years the availability of plant based foods and the variety have skyrocketed, which suggests to me that more people are buying them.