Global war on germs”

    Answer the following questions in no less than 500 words: How does the author use metaphors to describe the “global war on germs”? How have scientists’ views toward bacteria changed over the past 100 years? What happens to harmless microbes when antibiotics are used? What is antibiotic resistance and why is it a problem? What “bizarre contradictions” exist in our relationship with and opinions about bacteria today? What is the future of our weaponry against malevolent germs? Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Lederberg’s assessment that we should start “thinking of a human as more than a single organism,” and why?