More to the point, I wish these scare tactics would stop. Resistant bacteria is nothing new and its true that we need ongoing constant research into antibiotics and antibiotic-like substances but that's about it.
The problem is that this was resistance can spread to even relatively unrelated bacteria via horizontal gene transfer. This means that it is not unreasonable to expect an increasing number of such fatalities.
The reason people are worried is that this literally puts us back to where we were 80 years ago, in which a cut could actually kill you. Obviously we've come a lot further in understand how contamination occurs, and how infections spread so i suspect that it won't be as bad overall (reduced amputation, faster correct response) but it won't be smooth sailing as usual.
And how is this article "scare tactics?" Sure, we have known about increasing antibiotic resistance for years. But this is a sentinel event that absolutely deserves attention. Resistance isn't one of those things that simply disappears if everyone stops talking about it.