Comments on: "Superbug" Deaths In U.S. May Surpass AIDS

90,000 Americans Get Potentially Deadly Infections From Drug-Resistant Staph Germs, CDC Says

[mweis06]

Unfortunately, these cases are not just statistics, they are real people not number 18,650. Go to http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=55388 and read about Mark Weis, age 13, who died from MRSA on August 23, 2007. We have AIDS awareness and concerts. Where is MRSA awareness and concerts? Perhaps we have to wait for someone "famous" to die from MRSA, not just someone''s brother, child, or friend to bring attention to this epidemic of an estimated 18,650 deaths annually. How sad.

[srhs08]

I am a senior at the Virginia high school where the student died, and the community does not know enough. We need to educate the community more on MRSA; the middle school next door to us had no idea that MRSA was a problem until the morning of the death. We ride the same buses as these students. This is unacceptable and we need to do something about this, we need to let people know about this deadly infection.

[grammawhamma]

This is caused by the over use and abuse of anti-biotics. We have become a pill popping society that runs to the doctor for every little sniffle and demand anti-biotics for a viral infection. Doctors used to just prescribe antibiotics to appease the patient but now they are finially realizing the outcome of over use.

[hollyt2-2009]

there is a ton of people who dont wash thier hands and they touch the door handles to push out and then we have to push it open . Moral is always your your upper covered arm to push the door and never push the handle down on the towels without something between you and the handle.

[why_not_nar]

Katie, Thanks. I am again astonished by the brilliance of your interviewing technique. "What can you do to prevent the over prescription of antibiotics?"

Yes- indeed take them less often and ask your doctor to prescribe them less often. Questions like that and we all could have scored 900 on each college sat. At least it wasn%u2019t asking a stage four cancer patient if she knew she was going to die soon. Or to paraphrase you, %u201Cwhat is the stupidest question you have ever asked in your entire career?"

Your audience is often portrayed having an average age of 60. Does your research also indicate that we are all stupid? Now I understand what dan rather meant by dumbing down the news.

I know that you love the beatles. I do as well. Particularly a song appearing in their %u201Cwhite%u201D album.

%u201CNow%u2019s the time to say good night%u201D.

[jn122736]

Most of us wash our hands after using public restrooms and feel that we are safe, but it has been my observation that the vast majority of men who wash their hands after using the restrooms do so in ten seconds or less, some just quick rinse and dry.

It is generally reccomended that one wash their hands with soap for AT LEAST 20 seconds. a good way to do that is to count to 30 while actually scrubbing.

[fairandbal]

I''m betting that within a day or two of this report, Fox News and the rest of the MSM will try to blame it on Hillary.