MRSA - a quiet epidemic

Link: MyFox Gulf Coast | MRSA - it's deadly and very common.

It's something you would think health leaders would want to keep a close eye on.  Yet health departments in Mobile and Baldwin counties say they really don't have a way to identify who has it." "Although we see it as a problem, from a public health standpoint there's not a whole lot we can do with limited personnel and limited resources in terms of tracking them," explained Dr. Kevin Green with USA Hospital. Dr. Green says unlike West Nile, mad cow, or even the mumps or measles, MRSA is not considered a reportable disease.  It's so common that it wouldn't do you much good to record all the cases because you would end up with entirely too much data. Much like if you were to track the common cold.  Still it's scary stuff when you consider how MRSA spreads…Anyone who's in a skin-to-skin contact situation like in daycares, hospital, and just about anyone who plays sports has the risk of being infected.