Microbes did not accept defeat

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An example of anthropomorphism:

"…the microbes did not just accept defeat, they have been mounting their resistance and they are making a comeback"

Gaia Vince, presenting an episode ('Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance') of 'BBC Inside Science'

Read: 'Viruses may try to hide, but other microbes are not accepting defeat'

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.