Downplaying CA MRSA
I am so tired of the messages from “doctors” and “professionals” to the public to “not panic” when I feel like I have been screaming at the top of my lungs for over a year to get attention drawn to CA MRSA. No, I don’t want people diving off of tall buildings in a panic but no one is doing that and still people are being told not to “panic” because they are just becoming concerned. I have even read one article quoting a doctor saying that CA MRSA should not even be referred to as a “Super Bug”! It a flesh eating bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics isn’t a Super Bug then what the hell is???? CA MRSA is affecting the whole world right now and the numbers are growing daily and the bacterium is constantly evolving and we are being told to “chill out” and not be afraid.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Yes, handwashing is the key to prevention. But isn’t anyone besides me more afraid hearing this is our best defense instead of calmed?
We aren’t running down the street naked yet over CA MRSA but I believe we will only be a more confused nation about it if we don’t start calling a spade a spade.
This is a dangerous Super Bug, Folks, and it can attack anyone anywhere at any time. Wash your hands, check your sores, be careful in gyms, etc, and don’t turn your back or let down your guard. This will get worse before it gets better.
I’m out of here for now. See ya.
Posted in A Mother's Story, IN the News
November 6th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Hi Rhoda,
I’m sorry, I don’t know any other way to contact you besides submitting a comment.
I wanted to draw your attention to the valuable MRSA resource we’ve created here: http://www.visualdxhealth.com/diseaseGroups/mrsa.htm
I think you and your readers might find it useful. Our MRSA resource page is designed with the general public in mind. Written in a consumer-friendly manner, its purpose is to help individuals use medical pictures to understand and recognize the signs of staph infection so they can know when to seek medical care. The MRSA page was developed with the editorial advice of Loren Miller, MD, MPH, Chief Infection Control Officer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the principal investigator on several NIH grants examining CA-MRSA transmission patterns.
Thank you for your time.
John