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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:26 PM Original message |
U.S. deaths from deadly staph 'superbug' may surpass AIDS deaths |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. The new "super bird flu"...or is this one real? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Oh this one is real |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Goddamned right. It killed my Aunt. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. I've been hearing about it for a while now - this article is almost 2 years old |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. That is disturbing, given the articles claims. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Another from two years ago. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. And JAMA released results of new CDC study today. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Put me in the hospital this summer... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I think the hundreds of people dead of avian flu |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. I draw your attention to the words "MAY" and "POTENTIALLY". Crisis over. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Sorry, this is a very dangerous development, nothing to be flip about. nt |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's what they said about SARS and Avian Flu. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. 8,402 probable SARS cases and 772 deaths have been reported in 29 countries. Some hoax. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Exactly. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I suppose it's cool or suave to be so unaffected. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well if we base all our modern civilization on drugs, which we do |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Years of people insisting on antibiotics for viral colds. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. isnt that the truth. my kids were babies during the hieght of handing out antibiotics |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. That, and putting heavy-duty antibiotics in ALL the meat we were eating. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
67. Agree |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
69. Yes, but how many people DIDN'T die of SARS in that same period? That's why I'm not worried. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Unlike those, this one is being under-reported. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Media cried wolf too many times, and now everyone is predictably underwhelmed at news of outbreaks, |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Focused on "terra" alerts and diseases not affecting Americans |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Then why did YESTERDAY A HS STUDENT IN VIRGINIA DIE... |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. MRSA and Correctional Health |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. This is different. It is affecting communities outside of the target. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Jails spread diseases into nearby neighborhoods |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Health care facilities. Here is the new CDC study: |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Agreed |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Many high schools have had to be cleaned up, jails too |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Ordinary staph is no laughing matter. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. You can pick this one up while buying a Mercedes. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Homeless need to be put in housing. Shelters breed disease. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's not surprising really.. Hospitals are very dirty places |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. This is different, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Weakend immune systems of a community who eats the same foods, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. time to make everyone afraid again. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Scoff at your own peril. Just don't pick at that scab. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. they have been talking about this problem for a while |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. SARS and the bird flu never really scared me |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. again, i heard this a couple years ago |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And it's living up to it's expectations. n/t |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Its out of the hospitals and in High Schools and locker rooms |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. i read another thread where a poster says this thread are deniers |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. FYI with flu vaccines... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. not only do i trust you on flu being a virus, i already know that |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. yeah but really a vaccine is a natural "boost" |
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ChrisCat (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. My daughter's boyfriend had this |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. My best friend died from this, IMO. She opened a boil, got that "flesh-eating" disease that |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Thanks for the article |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is real. The story about Bedford, VA schools is the only one |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
32. "Epidemic", "Limited funds" , Republican President. Familiar? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. I worry about this one - I don't worry about SARS/Bird Flu |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Totally unfair |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Not totally unfair |
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aroach (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. It's Real |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
43. My husband had an antibiotic resistant staph infection last year |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Those symptoms are consistant with MRSA. n/t |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. I just called my children's school... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Amusing story |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Some people thrive off being "concerned". |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. by first grade my oldest was washing his hands so much they were bleeding |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Which is why I gave it the due consideration and asked a psychologist |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. peachy. it has been fun reading |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. There are a handful of folks I miss if I don't see them post |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. lol lol lol |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. When kids are taught well, |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. I do some work at an MMA gym as a submission wrestling coach. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
63. handwashing is still |
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cathandler (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. Our 4-year old grandson just had MRSA. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. poor little guy... I'm so glad he's okay now |
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