Wider Use Of Vaccines Instead Of Antibiotics Would Help Lower Drug Resistance, Antimicrobial Resistance Review Head Says

Financial Times: O’Neill ‘superbug’ review promotes wider use of vaccines
“Vaccines should be used more widely in health care and agriculture as an alternative to antibiotics, according to a U.K.-led review into the problem of drug-resistant ‘superbugs.’ Lord Jim O’Neill, the Treasury minister and former Goldman Sachs economist heading the panel, said vaccines were a crucial part of the solution to a global threat he described as a ‘slow-motion car crash’…” (Ward, 2/11).

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