People are already dying from simple infections - about 25,000 people per year die in europe from anti-biotic resistant infection.

> The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control estimates that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) results each year in 25 000 deaths and related costs of over €1.5 billion in healthcare expenses and productivity losses.

http://ec.europa.eu/health/antimicrobial_resistance/policy/i...