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MRSA Infection: The new superbug

 
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bassexpander



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:05 am    Post subject: MRSA Infection: The new superbug Reply with quote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kBGjQTDLE
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AgentM



Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: British Columbia, Canada

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh great, something new for everyone to freak out about.
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rusty1983



Joined: 30 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah Iwas sick to death of the swine flu 'pandemic'. Every day someone had to start on about it and everyone had that stupid handwash stuff. I read recently that 20,000 people die everyday from hunger, and that regular flu kills far more people than swine flu has. Get a grip.

People really are really selfish. Deal with Africa before you get upset about some 'bug' that isnt even that dangerous. Selfish.

In fact I remember overhearing some guy on the bus saying he thought cancer was the great equalizer of society. What a knobhead. I wanted to start on him but he looked really dishevelled.
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AgentM



Joined: 07 Jun 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rusty1983 wrote:
Yeah Iwas sick to death of the swine flu 'pandemic'. Every day someone had to start on about it and everyone had that stupid handwash stuff. I read recently that 20,000 people die everyday from hunger, and that regular flu kills far more people than swine flu has. Get a grip.

People really are really selfish. Deal with Africa before you get upset about some 'bug' that isnt even that dangerous. Selfish.


I blame the media for blowing everything out of proportion in their never ending quest for the next big "news story".
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rusty1983



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah the media are a joke, and it clearly was them who created the panic. But theyre just looking for a story like you say. I blame more the sheep who cant have a rational thought for themselves like you or I and have to do exactly what they are told. It is worse than ever. And I dont know if ur English but most of these people read the Metro, which is a beyond a joke free papaer you get on the bus to work! Honestly, what a bunch of idiots and I thought I was getting away from them going into teaching!
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AgentM



Joined: 07 Jun 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rusty1983 wrote:
Yeah the media are a joke, and it clearly was them who created the panic. But theyre just looking for a story like you say. I blame more the sheep who cant have a rational thought for themselves like you or I and have to do exactly what they are told. It is worse than ever. And I dont know if ur English but most of these people read the Metro, which is a beyond a joke free papaer you get on the bus to work! Honestly, what a bunch of idiots and I thought I was getting away from them going into teaching!


Yeah, people rely on the media too much. I was visiting my hometown when this whole H1N1 thing broke out in Mexico early this summer, and my Dad's girlfriend was going on and on about it. I was just like, calm down, there's no reason to get paranoid about these things! If it's actually going to kill us all off, there's probably not a lot we can do about it. No need to cause yourself undue stress about these sorts of issues.
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rusty1983



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AgentM wrote:
rusty1983 wrote:
Yeah the media are a joke, and it clearly was them who created the panic. But theyre just looking for a story like you say. I blame more the sheep who cant have a rational thought for themselves like you or I and have to do exactly what they are told. It is worse than ever. And I dont know if ur English but most of these people read the Metro, which is a beyond a joke free papaer you get on the bus to work! Honestly, what a bunch of idiots and I thought I was getting away from them going into teaching!


Yeah, people rely on the media too much. I was visiting my hometown when this whole H1N1 thing broke out in Mexico early this summer, and my Dad's girlfriend was going on and on about it. I was just like, calm down, there's no reason to get paranoid about these things! If it's actually going to kill us all off, there's probably not a lot we can do about it. No need to cause yourself undue stress about these sorts of issues.


I love that story about Panorama in the 70s, where they ran a story about the spaghetti tree famine on April Fools Day, and loadsa people called up in a panic
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D.D.



Joined: 29 May 2008

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

6 billion people are all going to die sometime......................
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rusty1983



Joined: 30 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah when we float off into the sun. Not from mild disease. If we survived the Black Plague and survived Spanish flu, and 2 world wars we arent about to die because of some mild flu are we?
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brainfreeze



Joined: 04 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want to avoid MRSA avoid spending too much time in hospital (though the unscrupulous use of antibiotics in the US has caused their rates of MRSA to be higher then most of the developed world).
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andz22



Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Location: Wales

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:00 pm    Post subject: Re: MRSA Infection: The new superbug Reply with quote

bassexpander wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kBGjQTDLE


where have you been?

This has been in most UK hospitals for many years now, No one seems to catch it outside hospitals (unless they have just come home from an operation) so your safe at home kids Very Happy
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Hanson



Joined: 20 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Having personally worked in a hospital throughout the 90's, I can assure you that MRSA isn't new.

When I worked as a porter (part-time job), I often had to deal with MRSA patients. We were to wear protective clothing, a mask, gloves, and booties when entering their rooms or coming into contact with them. MRSA spreads easily, but the good news is that it doesn't affect the healthy, but instead attacks people already suffering from pre-existing conditions, such as pneumonia, or the very old and weak.

Really, nothing to get too worked up about...
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