WaPo reports that MRSA -- drug-resistant staph -- infections are much more common than previously believed, and kill more Americans each year than AIDS. Let me urge parents to take this story with utmost seriousness. Our Lucas came down with a case of it some months ago, and it was scary. Thank God we got suspicious about the weird boil, and sought medical attention before it got worse. He had to take a scary-strong antibiotic, which knocked the stuff out. But he's still susceptible. The doctor told us to use lots of hand-sterlizing gel around the house, and to watch closely for scratches or open wounds on the kids. Here's some info from the CDC on the stuff. LIke I said, it's frightening, and not to be messed with. If you see a skin infection on your kid (or yourself) that looks in the slightest bit odd, go to a doctor at once.
The growing MRSA nightmare
Wednesday October 17, 2007
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"What is your point, Kim? That I don't believe in evolution? If that's what you mean, then get over your stupid prejudice: many Christians accept evolution."
It's people like Kim that give Schadenfreude a bad name.
"What is your point, Kim? That I don't believe in evolution? If that's what you mean, then get over your stupid prejudice: many Christians accept evolution."
It's people like Kim that give Schadenfreude a bad name.
Norris,
So true. Amateurs abound.
"Also, I wonder about the massive amounts of antibiotics that are put into animal feed ostensibly to keep the cows and chickens healthy. This finds its way into the food supply and into us. Has anyone studied this as a possible contributing factor to antiobiotic resistant germs?"
Absorbing antibiotics from treated animals doesn't seem to be much of an issue (call it 'second-hand antibiotic exposure'). The problem is with farms becoming sources and reservoirs of resistant bacteria because of the overuse & misuse of antibiotics. This drug resistance can then cross over to human pathogens. I'm particular miffed about Bayer's position with regard to the marketing of animal antibiotics.
Misuse of antibiotics in humans and a general decline in hospital cleaning practices also contribute to the problem. Actually, they just make the inevitable happen more quickly. The acquisition of resistance is inevitable: You just hope that the development of treatments can keep pace. It's possible that the half-century between 1950-2000 may seem like the golden age of when antibiotics performed miraculously.
Kim,
I think that Rod put you down quite nicely but just to add a little bit more to your education about Christians.
Yes, many Christians accept evolution. Myself included and just about everyone I know too.
What we do not accept is that evolution is proof against the existence of God or evidence that he had no hand in creation.
We accept the fact that evolution happened and continues to happen. The notion that this proves there is no God is an interpretation of those facts convenient to atheists. But this opinion about the facts is no more scientific than any other opinion or interpretation.
I guess your shrill shriek of perceived triumph was just a bit premature...
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