Posted on 08/24/2006 12:31:16 AM PDT by neverdem
Bush's fault.
Karl Rove.
Halliburton.
Who said diverse populations were good?
one of my kids got MRSA at a major hospital's pediatric unit (before it was quite so chic) ... it's nasty business and we should all pray this is just another Goresque scare tactic.
This is an unfortunate side-effect of a society that takes anti-biotics for the most minor sniffle while using anti-bacterial soap to wash their hands.
I wonder how rubbing alcohol fares against topical epidermal nastiness like this? Gotta look it up. I have close body contact with the dreggs. I shower myself with iso after every one, from an atomizer bottle. I used to use death in a can (spray disinfectant...on my clothing and protection EQ, when used)...until somebody read the label, and banned it from the place. Time to google.....
I wonder how hydrogen peroxide would fare? (I cannot stand the smell of rubbing alcohol!)
Hepatitis can remain 'alive' in a 90% isopropyl solution for +30 days.
Hep is a virus. Staph is a bacteria, which is killed by sufficient alcohol in a hand gel, btw.
Thanks! Opened in another window so I can take a look-see!
I had a doctor (in a private conversation) tell me Sunday that this is likely to kill us all before the terrorists or the Bird Flu.
Yeah...we have bleach for decontaminating surfaces. Hard on the hands and nose, though. Hell on clothes! About one in four of our clients are infected with hepXYZ. Tuberculosis; check. Cooties; check. Crazy: check. A wonder, I'm not dead yet. [intake and monitoring for metro police dept lockup....I retire in SIX WEEKS!!! And I'm young and healthy enough that I don't think I'll keel over a month after I'm outta there. 20 is quite enough. Thanks fer sharing my joy.}
Jeez...guess I shoulda got out sooner. D'OH!
and who is prescribing these antibiotics?
"even people who are in good health and practice good hygiene have been infected everyone should take steps to reduce his or her risk"
Yeah, thanks for that.
My personal opinion is that the focus on raising children in a super clean environment is as big a factor as the over perscription of antibiotics to this spread of infection. Your immune system develops when you are a child as it is exposed to various threats. If it never sees the threats you end up with an underdeveloped immune system.
I would try using colloidal silver both topically and orally to get rid of this. Silver kills over 600 types of virus and bacteria without the nasty side effects of antibiotics.
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