The fall of COVID-19 and the rise of antimicrobial resistance

At the time of writing, the nations of the UK are in the process of abandoning or at least easing, the legal restrictions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, it appears that this crisis is reaching—if not an end—the end of the beginning. For the past two years, the pandemic has dominated the public scientific conversation, with enormous amounts of public and private resources being directed to its resolution.