MRSA Becoming A Threat

A few days ago I wrote a post on Everyday Randomness about MRSA becoming an epidemic that could kill more people that AIDs. It's a scary thought, but what's even scarier is that it's being passed around in our schools. I had never heard of MRSA until a few months ago, but now I'm trying to research everything I can about the deadly strain of the Staph germ. That's mostly because tonight I heard something on the news that scares me even more.

I already knew there were 21 schools in Virginia shut down from MRSA, but then I heard tonight about it hitting schools close to me. Both schools are in North Carolina, but it scares me because they are both in communities where hubby works. One school in Cashiers is only a couple miles away from the job he's working on right now. I think the saddest part is that this antibiotic resistant strain of the Staph infection is traveling through kids. At least 6 football players at a high school in Winston Salem have come down with it since September.

I think it scares me even more knowing that hubby still has a huge open wound on his leg from his bike wreck. We've been taking every precaution to keep it clean and free of bacteria, but even if we could use Neosporin on it (which we can't), the MRSA virus is immune to most triple antibiotic ointments. I discussed it with hubby, and he's also very concerned about his leg and the infection he could pick up, so we're going to buy some Staphaseptic to keep around the house just for situations like this. It's the only first aid ointment that I know of that will kill 99% of the MRSA germs.

I'll be watching the news more closely now that this virus is affecting the area I live in. It scares the heck out of me.