The scale of the superbug problem is massive.
Ten million people could die per year by 2050 from antibiotic-resistant diseases. That’s about how many people die from heart attack every year now. And a lot of therapies like chemo and transplants may become more dangerous because they expose the body to a higher rate of infection.
There will be nothing exceptional about superbugs. They will be normal, and they'll drive up meat prices, kill our forests, and make childbirth more dangerous.