Staph scare at House gym

Politico ^ | April 15, 2009 | Glenn Thrush

[COUNTrecount]

"Staff" infection...............there, I fixed it.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Dirty bass turds.

[gwilhelm56]

Why in the world would one Large GERM be Afraid of Another??

[cyborg]

MRSA should give the Congresscritter professional courtesy.

[La Lydia]

Aren’t you glad your tax dollars are used to provide the U.S. House and staff with a free gym, while you have to pay your money to work out at Gold’s or Bally’s? And aren’t you glad that it is nasty and apparently badly managed?

[Tax-chick]

... the HSFC was informed by a HSFC patron that they had tested positive for MRSA ...

"They" who? This sounds like more than one case.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Did somebody walk by Barney Frank’s towel?

[a fool in paradise]

Male aides in the sauna?

[BenLurkin]

There is a dangerous infection in Congress alright, but staph isn’t it.

[erman]

Aren’t you glad your tax dollars are used to provide the U.S. House and staff with a free gym, while you have to pay your money to work out at Gold’s or Bally’s? And aren’t you glad that it is nasty and apparently badly managed?

gee, a government facility that has lazy staff cleaning up... who'd a thunk it?

I think the government should take over all health club facilities, since they're experts on automotive design and sales, health care, mail/package delivery, banking and finance...... running a gym should be a piece of cake.

frickin' clowns.

It's probably spread by someone not wiping off the equipment after picking their nose or doing the farmer's blow then wiping it with their hands.

I'll bet if they give this person antibiotics and they get a small cut in the future, he'll get another staph infection. Probably needs oral meds and nasal bactroban till he's cultured and negative for staph. Otherwise somebody in the gym or the equipment is contaminated.

Unfortunately Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi, Franks and Dodd have never seen the inside of a gym .... too bad.

[TC Rider]

This may put in kink in Barney Frank’s Friday Frolic in the steam room. (like they need more kink in there?)

[Kakaze]

Who would have thought, Americas’ bath house was infected.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

[RichInOC]

Really? I would have thought MRSA would have avoided the House gym as a matter of professional courtesy.

[Piquaboy]

I hope all their dicks fall off.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

And in addition to it being a “staff” infection, it’s really MURTHA not MRSA that is the problem.

[George from New England]

That’s not too notice. With the balls gone years ago there would be nothing left.

Oh nevermind.

[George from New England]

That’s not too nice. With the balls gone years ago there would be nothing left.

Oh nevermind.

[Born Conservative]

This is news? There is MRSA all over, it’s just that this person was cultured and found to have it. There are many more people in the community that have it as well, but haven’t been cultured yet.