Get the word out! MRSA 'SuperBug'

[valkyr]

This is not to scare people, only to get the word out.



Middle Tenn Cases:

Williamson, Davidson, Rutherford (SIEGEL Elementary(!) ? scary stuff)

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071018/NEWS07/710180382

(story in today?s Tennessean)



CDC Site with what to look for

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/disease/mrsa.asp





Another article

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/dmn/stories/101707dnnatstaph.179095718.html

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: Get the word out! MRSA 'SuperBug'

Scary stuff!.......

 

[pgdignan]

Re: Get the word out! MRSA 'SuperBug'

Yeah, MRSA was on the drudge report yesterday. Estimated that the infection is responsible for 22,000 deaths a year, more fatalities on a year to year basis than AIDS.

 

[Mark42]

Re: Get the word out! MRSA 'SuperBug'

Yep, we're all gonna die.