This is absolutely not 'a new drug'. This wasn't made through the tedious try-1000-things-and-see-what-sticks.

This was a DESIGNED polymer, made explicitely through chemistry to attack a particular animicule.

The old antibiotics are done; the CDC calls the age of antibiotics 'over'. There is no longer any use in stonewalling or holding back on chemistry through some fear that it will ruin the status quo. The status quo is 'nothing works'.

This is a game-changer. The old arguments, the old ways of thinking, are probably obsolete. \ So cut out the 'glib' stale arguments and read the article again; come up with a cogent point.