It was just a matter of time before more superbugs were created. We've accidentally created great environments in both ICU wards and farms.

1) Hospitals very effectively kill off non resistant bugs, leaving the more resistant ones. New set of drugs are used, new set of resistances. Doesn't help that often the process is one step at a time, so try antibiotic A, nope doesn't work, now antibiotic B. Great it works. Except when the bug isn't completely wiped out and you know have resistance to A+B. This process leads on and on until you have bugs that are resistant to most if not all antibiotics. My take on it, is sometimes it would be better not to use any antibiotics and let the non-resistant bugs move in and out compete the resistant ones, then carpet bomb the non resistant ones later.

B) Farms. Two main scenarios, antibiotics not used to completion or the antibiotics all the time. Problem with using antibiotics all the time, you are guaranteed to create in the long term a population of resistant bugs.

So take highly resistant bugs in the manure for vegies, add in a gene for stickness and wham you have an epidemic anywhere a salad or mushrooms are not thoroughly cleaned.

My assumption is that this is still a natural process. That if anything the resistant bugs have been around for awhile and that they've recently picked up the stickness factor making them bypass anything that is thoroughly cleaned or cooked. Which can happen in any busy kitchen. Difference being that instead of mild flu, these ones are quite toxic.

These outbreaks have been happening through history. For a while we had antibiotics that worked, with overuse/abuse we've trained up the bugs to bypass them.

I'd legislate that antibiotics can only be administered to animals in controlled amounts by vets.

On a personal level, I'd roast all my vegies and mushrooms until the authourites have a handle on this.