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Among others, one of our goals is to draw attention on the problem with resistant bacteria. In order to do this, two members of our team performed a survey in the city of Göttingen. Of course, they asked questions related to multi-resistant bacteria, which is our topic. Additionally, they asked questions about genetically modified food products in order to get a view on what people know about genetic engineering.
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>Our questionnaires were distributed during the panel discussion, the questionnaire consists of two parts: The first 6 questions asked about the general view of several hot topics like antibiotic resistance.The last 3 questions were to get the feed back from the audience after the panel discussion. We retrieved in total 51 replies, the data and analysis are presented as follows. Here is the link to our <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZRpyowfl9TZgov878VbCtl26n6DnpvHY9Tx9FGTAPCI/viewform" target="_blank">Online-questionnaire (in English)</a>. You are very welcome to contribute to our data.</strong></p>
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On the one hand, it was alarming that some people have never even heard about the problem with multi-resistant bacteria, on the other hand, it is familiar to some people as they have experienced diseases related to multi-resistant bacteria themselves or through relatives that suffered from infections.  
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        <p style="color:#999"><strong>Most of the guest in the audience at our podiums discussion were around 25 years old and had a university background in biology.</strong></p>
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<h2>1. What is your general attitude towards genetic engineering?</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>The general opinion towards genetic engineering was split between being positive and mixed.</strong></p>
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Unfortunately, comments like “I myself have developed resistance against specific antibiotics” or “it is hard to combat them because they are so different” show that the knowledge on this topic was not that great. It does, indeed, imply that they know about some difficulties in fighting resistant bacteria. However, it is important to educate people about what they can do to reduce the growing number of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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<h2>2. Would you consume geneticaly modified food?</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>Only 6% of our audience would not consume genetically manipulated food. More than 60% would consume those items. The rest was undecided.</strong></p>
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<h2>3. Woud you pay more for food, if no genetics were used in ist production? If yes, how much? (in %)</h2>
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*Antibiotics do not work against viruses!  Avoid unnecessary prescription of antibiotics
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*Complete the entire course of the prescribed antibiotic – do not stop because you are feeling better
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>For food without any genetically changes only one quarter of the audience would pay more. More than 50% would not pay more for “clean” food.</strong></p>
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*Practice good hygiene and use appropriate infection control procedures
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The other part of the survey was about genetically modified (GM) food products.  
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<h2>4. Where do you think antibiotic restistances come from?</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>In agreement with our speakers at the discussion, most guests had the right idea about where new antibiotic resistances come from. 60% think they come from a misuse of antibiotics in general. </strong></p>
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A food product is GM if a transgenic insert has been introduced. Researchers supporting GM products argue that GM foods are healthier and more abundant while researchers that disapprove GM products fear the consequences. Regarding that the debate has been going on for years, even decades now, and is very comprehensive, it will not be further elucidated at this point.
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<h2>5. Imaging you are not feeling well. How fast would you use antibiotics?</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>In case of being sick, our audience would act as the specialists advise to act: Use antibiotics only as a last weapon and when the doctor prescribes it. </strong></p>
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However, in the survey both views were represented. Some people believe that it is not dangerous and should not be forbidden while others principally prefer organic products that are not genetically modified.
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<h2>6. How did the panel discussion influence your opinion towards gene technology?</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>Since most of our guests already had a positive opinion towards “gen-tec”, it is not surprising that 78% did not change their opinion about it. 22% of the audience changed their opinion after the discussion in one way or the other. </strong></p>
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It was noticeable that all people that were included in this survey agreed that GM products should be labeled clearly leaving the choice to the customer.  
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<h2>7. After this discussion, what would you pay more attention to? (you can chose more than one option)</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>With our discussion we could pursue more than half of our audience to think more about their food, their usage of antibiotics and genetic engineering in general. </strong></p>
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Furthermore, people also added interesting points like the cost or the hunger issue. This reflects a great advantage of GM foods as they can be grown in larger scale and are more likely to meet the food demand of the growing global population.
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<h2>8. If you had to vote tomorrow, would you...</h2>
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<p style="color:#999"><strong>The elections in Germany are coming up in September. That is why we asked our audience, how they would vote regarding genetically engineered food. About a third of the audience would vote pro, another third contra engineered food. The rest would not vote at all. </strong></p>
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Revision as of 13:00, 28 September 2013





The beast and its Achilles heel:

 A novel target to fight multi-resistant pathogenic bacteria


Survey Results

Our questionnaires were distributed during the panel discussion, the questionnaire consists of two parts: The first 6 questions asked about the general view of several hot topics like antibiotic resistance.The last 3 questions were to get the feed back from the audience after the panel discussion. We retrieved in total 51 replies, the data and analysis are presented as follows. Here is the link to our Online-questionnaire (in English). You are very welcome to contribute to our data.


Most of the guest in the audience at our podiums discussion were around 25 years old and had a university background in biology.

1. What is your general attitude towards genetic engineering?

The general opinion towards genetic engineering was split between being positive and mixed.


2. Would you consume geneticaly modified food?

Only 6% of our audience would not consume genetically manipulated food. More than 60% would consume those items. The rest was undecided.


3. Woud you pay more for food, if no genetics were used in ist production? If yes, how much? (in %)

For food without any genetically changes only one quarter of the audience would pay more. More than 50% would not pay more for “clean” food.


4. Where do you think antibiotic restistances come from?

In agreement with our speakers at the discussion, most guests had the right idea about where new antibiotic resistances come from. 60% think they come from a misuse of antibiotics in general.


5. Imaging you are not feeling well. How fast would you use antibiotics?

In case of being sick, our audience would act as the specialists advise to act: Use antibiotics only as a last weapon and when the doctor prescribes it.


6. How did the panel discussion influence your opinion towards gene technology?

Since most of our guests already had a positive opinion towards “gen-tec”, it is not surprising that 78% did not change their opinion about it. 22% of the audience changed their opinion after the discussion in one way or the other.


7. After this discussion, what would you pay more attention to? (you can chose more than one option)

With our discussion we could pursue more than half of our audience to think more about their food, their usage of antibiotics and genetic engineering in general.


8. If you had to vote tomorrow, would you...

The elections in Germany are coming up in September. That is why we asked our audience, how they would vote regarding genetically engineered food. About a third of the audience would vote pro, another third contra engineered food. The rest would not vote at all.


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