While scientists and public health experts expend laserlike focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, another scourge is slowly marching forth.<br />According to Business Insider, experts say bacterial infections are in the process of becoming a COVID-19-level threat.<br />The CDC says nearly 3 million Americans per year contract an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Of those, roughly 35,000 die.<br />At current rates, the WHO estimates that around 10 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant infections annually by 2050.<br />What's more, the pandemic has shown how unprepared the US health system is to handle the growing threat of bacterial infections.<br />Many scientists are pinning their hopes on phages, a type of virus that can target and kill specific kinds of bacteria.
