But We Did Ignite it, and We're Trying to Fight it - Top 5 World Problems

Hi everyone!

Last week, I wrote about 10 of the world's largest problems. 

Here are the "top" 5 problems from the list last week, from most serious to least serious (not to say the last one is not serious!).

1) Antibiotic resistance
2) Water Crises
3) hunger
4) ISIS
5) spread of disease

Why is antibiotic resistance at the top of my list? Germs mutate and evolve, rapidly. You could feed as many hungry people as possible, or dig wells for hundreds of wells for clean water, but you can't truly destroy bacteria; they will always be there. In addition, there are good and bad bacteria-- how can we target one versus the other? Good bacteria can mutate into bad bacteria, and bad bacteria can mutate into good bacteria. People will always get sick; if we are too lenient with antibiotics and their usage, bacteria will quickly become immune-- "super bugs," if you will. We must make sure that antibiotics are used responsibly, and find out a way to keep one step ahead of resistances.

Now, here are the solutions I thought of for the above problems (from my last post), in order of most implementable and least implementable!

1) Hunger:

A possible way to help alleviate world hunger could be to instead of burning excess crops, it could be donated to the hungry instead.

2) Water crises

A possible solution could be to produce more saltwater distilleries, which takes the salt out of water, and then the clean water can be sent to various countries. Also, funds for well-digging is also a necessity, so new wells can be built in 'safe' areas (not near cemeteries, etc.).

3) spread of disease

It is impractical to think that one day someone will create a 'cure-all'; instead, it is important to focus on preventive measures such as vaccines and immunizations, and sending them to places where they can be used in order to stop the spread of disease (for example, Hepatitis A).

4) Antibiotic resistance

A solution could be to have some sort of reminder app or checklist reminding people when to have their pills; also, it is important for doctors to be trained to inform their patients of this possible issue!

5) ISIS:

You can't make a deal with a terrorist; it does not work like that. How does one 'solve' this issue? One doesn't. One can, however, help stop ISIS' recruitment by informing the populace how to notice the kinds of people that ISIS usually likes to prey on to join their cause, such as impressionable youths or those with low self-esteem, to stop them from joining.

I think that my top solution is the most implementable because the sheer amount of food that is produced every year and thrown out is astounding. If we could funnel those resources of excess food into feeding the hungry, famine as a widespread problem could be a thing of the past. We would only need people to donate excess crops instead of burning them, and then airdrop it from planes to deliver it to the people who need it.

Excess berries are often burned by farms-- donate them instead!