Around the
middle of the 20th century, the discovery of antibiotics caused an enthusiastic mood about the resolution of infectious diseases. But, in the
last decades of the same century, the agents of this kind of disease spread with
new strength. Antibiotics became more and more powerful against these agents, even losing their capacity to exterminate those bacteria. At the same time, opportunistic infectious agents gained focus together
with the spreading of the HIV virus.
During the
first two decades of the 21st century those same diseases kept their presence,
and other viruses infiltrated into the human communities: SARS, MERS, H1N1 and
other variations of this kind. Finally, Covid-19. But this one specifically could
be the last straw of this New Era that we could call “after-postmodern”. While
Science is advancing in many directions, Covid-19 caused a dangerous surprise,
and maybe not the last one…Under the circumstances of aggression to the
environment, new epidemics, and pandemics can start suddenly…
So, there are several types of “infectious agents” beyond the microbes, located in the human
heart and its greed for natural resources and human disrespect…
There is a
hope that the solution appears in this same Era.