Rise of Superbugs

The discovery of penicillin marked an era of antibiotic discovery in the 20th century where humans were now able to treat many bacterial infections- something that was difficult to do before. Vaccines and antimicrobial drugs were also discovered- and these advances meant that we could treat viral, parasitic and bacterial infections with more ease. So it seems inevitable that concerns over infectious diseases fell out of the public psyche. Indeed, humans could just take a pill and their infection...