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Originally Posted by marcop
Or maybe I didn't panic:
MRSA would have been responsible for 94,360 serious infections and associated with 18,650 hospital stay-related deaths in the United States in 2005....
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Im not trying to fuck with you nor say it isnt something to worry about, because I sure as hell dont want MRSA.
BUT
you notice how the report you quoted says MRSA is responsible for 94,360 serious infections and ASSOCIATED with 18,650 hospital stay-related deaths?
it doesnt say MRSA was the cause of those deaths, just that it was associated, more then likely these where people that died of other conditions but got MRSA while in the hospital... which by the way is the number one place that MRSA can be contracted.
I would be willing to bet that FEVER and or FLU was also associated with most of those 18,650 deaths