E. coli and other disease causing bacteria are swarming through slaughterhouses throughout the world. Many of these bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotic drugs. This means that antibiotics we rely upon to cure diseases simply don't work anymore.
Overuse of antimicrobial medicines in intensive farming is among the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance — a scourge that kills 1.27 million people a year, topping deaths from HIV and malaria combined, according to the World Health Organization.
Eating animals is a primary cause of most environmental and public health threats humanity faces. Our future as a species may well depend on our collective ability to eliminate meat and animal products from our diets.