Comments on: MRSA madness http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jenna http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-2674 Jenna Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:45:27 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/#comment-2674 A friend of mine was just ordered an immediate medical release form the lackawanna county prison for his life and death situation. He was burned working in the laundry and nothing was done for him for 2 weeks until he was rushed to the ER and diagnoised with MRSA. He was told he could die from this...he's not a convict he's a person with a drug addiction who was looking for help and violated probation and was locked up for it. Our tax dollars paid for a brand new courthouse and square in scranton but we can't seem to take care to the inmates less than two miles away. not to mention the rest of the men he shared a block with haven't been tested yet. A friend of mine was just ordered an immediate medical release form the lackawanna county prison for his life and death situation. He was burned working in the laundry and nothing was done for him for 2 weeks until he was rushed to the ER and diagnoised with MRSA. He was told he could die from this…he’s not a convict he’s a person with a drug addiction who was looking for help and violated probation and was locked up for it. Our tax dollars paid for a brand new courthouse and square in scranton but we can’t seem to take care to the inmates less than two miles away. not to mention the rest of the men he shared a block with haven’t been tested yet.

]]> By: Alyson http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-2673 Alyson Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:00:57 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/#comment-2673 MRSA used to be a problem for the elderly, people in hospitals, and prisons (because of the close quarters and tendency for injury and reduced health in inmates). But now, young and otherwise healthy people are getting MRSA without setting foot in nursing homes, hospitals or prisons, and the CDC does not know why. The MRSA that is a threat to school aged children and young adults is a sufficiently different strain from that which is found in hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons. It is not that the CDC is behind by 15 years (at least not in this case), but that this is an entirely new problem for which they can not isolate the cause. Check out this http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin This is just one suggestion for the source of this new MRSA superbug problem, I don't know if it is right or not as it is just starting to be researched MRSA used to be a problem for the elderly, people in hospitals, and prisons (because of the close quarters and tendency for injury and reduced health in inmates). But now, young and otherwise healthy people are getting MRSA without setting foot in nursing homes, hospitals or prisons, and the CDC does not know why. The MRSA that is a threat to school aged children and young adults is a sufficiently different strain from that which is found in hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons. It is not that the CDC is behind by 15 years (at least not in this case), but that this is an entirely new problem for which they can not isolate the cause. Check out this http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin

This is just one suggestion for the source of this new MRSA superbug problem, I don’t know if it is right or not as it is just starting to be researched

]]> By: Josh http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-2672 Josh Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:25:32 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/#comment-2672 You're absolutely right. I'm sure that this has been a problem at Pennsylvania's Mahanoy State Correctional Facility, about 12 miles from where I grew up, for years, but five kids in Tamaqua, about seven miles from where I grew up, get it and all hell breaks loose. I would debate whether many people weren't aware that this has been an ongoing problem in the prison system, but there's no doubt in my mind that almost nobody cares. You’re absolutely right. I’m sure that this has been a problem at Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy State Correctional Facility, about 12 miles from where I grew up, for years, but five kids in Tamaqua, about seven miles from where I grew up, get it and all hell breaks loose. I would debate whether many people weren’t aware that this has been an ongoing problem in the prison system, but there’s no doubt in my mind that almost nobody cares.

]]> By: Em http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-2671 Em Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:02:10 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/#comment-2671 I don't get it either. It's been around for about 10 years at least. I'm a nurse and it's nothing new to us. I don’t get it either. It’s been around for about 10 years at least. I’m a nurse and it’s nothing new to us.

]]> By: Sally http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 Sally Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:42:13 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/10/25/mrsa-madness/#comment-2670 Wow, I didn't know that. The MRSA scare is here in Atlanta too along with CDC which always seems about 15 years behind on everything: http://www.ajc.com/health/content/metro/stories/2007/10/24/staph_1025.html We've also got the treatment resistant tuberculosis scare here - 15 years ago an expert in Macon, Georgia said, "the biggest health crisis facing our nation is not HIV (which he dubbed a close 2nd) but antibiotic resistant Tuberculosis - 15 years ago, and suddenly its news. It's been going around psych hospitals, poor neighborhoods, and yes jails for 15 years. Oh la la. Wow, I didn’t know that. The MRSA scare is here in Atlanta too along with CDC which always seems about 15 years behind on everything: http://www.ajc.com/health/content/metro/stories/2007/10/24/staph_1025.html

We’ve also got the treatment resistant tuberculosis scare here – 15 years ago an expert in Macon, Georgia said, “the biggest health crisis facing our nation is not HIV (which he dubbed a close 2nd) but antibiotic resistant Tuberculosis – 15 years ago, and suddenly its news. It’s been going around psych hospitals, poor neighborhoods, and yes jails for 15 years. Oh la la.

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