Student 1
I agree that pests eventually develop a resistance to pesticides over time. WHO (2016) recognizes that pest resistance by Aedes mosquitoes is a major issue in the treatment of the Zika virus. Yes resistance to insecticides affects people and animals immensely as it will prevent the treatment of such conditions as the Zika and dengue viruses. Mosquito resistance to insecticide is presenting a critical issue in healthcare systems across the world especially the difficulty the issue presents when these systems need to deal with diseases that result from mosquito bites (Kandel et al., 2019). WHO (2016) therefore recommends the frequent monitoring of resistance to insecticides and other insect characteristics such as the density of adult mosquitos, the habitats and ecologies of these insects and the efficiency of current control mechanisms. It is therefore important to increase continued research into insecticide resistance by the Aedes mosquito to ensure that such diseases like the Zika virus and Dengue fever are treated and prevented.
References
Kandel, Y., Vulcan, J., Rodriguez, S. D., Moore, E., Chung, H. N., Mitra, S., ... & Ettestad, P. (2019). Widespread insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti L. from New Mexico, USA. PloS one , 14 (2), e0212693.
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World Health Organization. (2016). Monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions: a practical guide to conducting research and assessment.
Student 2
I agree with this colleague that infections are gradually becoming resistant to antibiotics due to how we overuse these medications. In many instances, people will choose over the counter prescriptions to deal with common diseases such as the flu. Such use of medication without the recommendation of an expert physician means that an individual may be using the wrong prescription to treat a strain of flu ( Schroeder, Brooks & Brooks, 2017) . Eventually these conditions become resistant to every medication that would have possibility treated them ( Munita & Arias, 2016) . As a victim of prescription overuse, I admit that I often self-medicate for illnesses I feel do not need any attention from a physician. I have acquired prescriptions for the flu over the counter numerous times and I can attest that prescriptions that used to work on the condition before do not work today. Reflecting on what we have learned concerning antibiotic resistance, I believe this is what has happened to me because of self-medication.
References
Munita, J. M., & Arias, C. A. (2016). Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. Microbiology spectrum , 4 (2).
Schroeder, M., Brooks, B. D., & Brooks, A. E. (2017). The complex relationship between virulence and antibiotic resistance. Genes , 8 (1), 39.
