Santhosh's ramblings

WHO in its 2017 overview of antimicrobial resistance states that “AMR occurs naturally over time, usually through genetic changes. However, the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials is accelerating this process. In many places, antibiotics are overused and misused in people and animals, and often given without professional oversight. Examples of misuse include when they are taken by people with viral infections like colds and flu, and when they are given as growth promoters in animals or used to prevent diseases in healthy animals.” http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/en/ Most of the evidence for this comes from research and stories emerging from the urban centers across our nation and other nations. The Delhi superbug story from 2011 of the Klebsiella strain that was multi resistant, created much hue and cry but was soon recognized as an emerging global Klebsiella resistant strain.   Though now recognized as global issue predominantly from urban studies, not much is k...

The Vision of Isaiah  – 1 st  September 2018 As a young person called by the Lord, the first few word pictures and revelation and vision he gets is ,  one of rebellion of his own community. “The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand”. “They have forsaken the Lord, they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him”. “Your whole head is injured; your whole heart is afflicted”. And then God continues to reveal His heart and His desire for His people, Isaiah’s own community – “”Stop bringing meaningless offerings!...Your hands are full of blood: wash yourselves and make yourself clean; take your evil deeds out of my sight: stop doing wrong; learn to do right; Seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the cause of the widow.” And then God goes on to “reason together with the nation; Though your sins as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow...