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Re: [matterunomama] A heads up to all you folk, (especially those with spider bites):
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littlefingers
Apr 13, 2007, 7:11 PM
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Matterunomama,
With all due respect, please research a bit more before you offer a criticizing and uninformed reply. Ca-Mrsa is increasing at an exponential rate-- just google it, and you will read lots of information on this. In 6 years it has grown to be the leading cause of soft tissue infections in emergency rooms across the country. That is exponential. I don't want to seem alarmist here- I'm just stating what is now common info. As for CA-MRSA pneumonia, I definitely think it's good for us all who have a history with this stuff to be more sensitive when we get the flu.
There are a lot more than 10 reported cases of CA-MRSA pneumonia. There was a whole article about it is Science magazine. This was just the first article to provide information with figures that linked the presence of soft tissue infections to the onset of pneumonia. That's why I posted it.
As for the risk of spreading CA-MRSA in an athletic facility that uses shared equipment, you should re-read the article. If anything, it defends tha argument that it is indeed possible, and that awareness is always good. Awareness keeps all facilites safer. It's something we should be aware of everywhere.
I never wanted to have an alarmist tone-- I actually wonder if you reread my posts if you would still find then alarmist. I respect being informed, and that's really my intent with all of this.
anyway--- I certainly would have found this information on this thread invaluble had I read it before getting really sick. It's the possibility that this information could help someone else from getting sick unneccessarily that I post things here.
The information about CA-MRSA pneumonia is significant information.
Can you clarify exactly what you think I have ever posted that you see as alarmist? I still climb in an indoor facility-- I just don't want other people to climb in the facility I use with active infections like I did. I also wish people at large were more ware of the growing problems of resistant bacteria in general.
I think there's a lot to know about this that people don't know.
Megan
(This post was edited by littlefingers on Apr 13, 2007, 7:33 PM)
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