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THE GLOBE AND MAIL | ‘Superbug’ is cause for alarm, with more deaths and massive costs looming, report says
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a panel member and medical sociologist at McGill University in Montreal, said the group looked to the 2003 SARS outbreak as an example of how public behaviour changed and people reduced their interactions in response to an increased risk of being exposed to a dangerous pathogen. She added that there would be additional impacts from people foregoing routine surgeries such as hip and knee replacements because of the growing risk of contracting a drug resistant infection while in hospital.
