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Superbugs, the antibiotic apocalypse explained

The latest video from Kurzgesagt is an explainer on antibiotics and superbugs (drug resistant bacteria).

What would you say if we told you that humanity is currently making a collaborative effort to engineer the perfect superbug, a bug that could kill hundreds of millions of people?