I caught the 15 minute drama on BBC R4 today (The Truth About Hawaii) and, to my surprise, it was a post-antibiotic apocalypse story. A ten year old girl gets a scratch on the knee that develops into a serious infection that without antibiotics has become life threatening. The Prime Minister is personally involved in enforcing a restriction policy for the last remaining antibiotic. And, as with pretty much every other Radio 4 drama, a happy ending seems unlikely.

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