“””It’s not the hands . . . “””
I was thinking that too. Gays don’t shake hands 13X more often than the regular population, yet their infection rates are 13X the general population’s rate.
Gosh, what could it be?
Here is some evidence of why:
>Another study identified 500 MRSA sufferers in the New York area and suggested that as many as 45% were men who have sex with men. Sexual practices that damage the anal membrane and lifestyle choices (gay and straight) that involve multiple sexual partners will make people more liable to be exposed to the bacterial baggage sloughing from the skin of their partners and for that bacteria to find it’s way into cuts and abrasions.
So anal coupled with multiple partners. I’m assuming gays are 13x more likely to meet those conditions, as opposed to heteros.
http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/mrsa_and_sexual_factors/index.html