mrsa infection and the cdc's recommendations - so wrong

[Guest guest]

This isn't about vaccinations, but it just shows how messed up the

CDC really is. My daughter in kindergarden had a note from school

that someone in her school had MRSA, the anti-biotic resistent staph

infection popping up in schools across the country.

I was pretty upset that we weren't told about this until the child

was back in school. The school sent no information during the

outbreak and there was no way of knowing when this had even happened

(I have since found out it was last week)

Anyhow, after researching MRSA I found some interesting information

about why we weren't notified. According to the CDC guidelines,

MRSA is not a notifiable disease! This infection is hard to

irradicate and will kill more people than AIDS this year, yet

there's no reason to tell the parents that their child has been

exposed to it? Heck, the parents of an infected child don't even

have to tell the school that their child has it!

Also, the CDC doesn't understand why there has been an increase in

the number of MRSA infections. Gee, could it have anything to do

with their recommendation that an infected child be encouraged to

attend school unless the wound can't be covered with a bandage?

Everyone knows how long band-aids remain on little arms and

legs...not very long.

It just baffles me that a kid with chicken pox is made to stay home

for a couple of weeks, but a kid with MRSA is encouraged to attend

school. How messed up is that?

I was very panicked yesterday, but I'm hopeful we are nearing the

end of the incubation period and my daughter will be safe. Talk

about ruining our Christmas vacation.

Sorry for the rant, but I just thought I'd expose yet another

illogical 'guideline' set forth by the CDC.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing that information about MRSA NOT being a notifiable disease.

It's funny because my boy's pediatrician said that MRSA is nothing new (we know

that), and that the media is going crazy with it for some reason. MRSA threats

have taken the place of Bird Flu threats this year. They've got to scare us with

something! Oh, not to worry and let it ruin you're Christmas; MRSA may be

antibiotic resistant, but it's not resistant to homeopathy. ;~)..........Anita

peebster1 <peebster1@...> wrote: This isn't about vaccinations, but it

just shows how messed up the

CDC really is. My daughter in kindergarden had a note from school

that someone in her school had MRSA, the anti-biotic resistent staph

infection popping up in schools across the country.

I was pretty upset that we weren't told about this until the child

was back in school. The school sent no information during the

outbreak and there was no way of knowing when this had even happened

(I have since found out it was last week)

Anyhow, after researching MRSA I found some interesting information

about why we weren't notified. According to the CDC guidelines,

MRSA is not a notifiable disease! This infection is hard to

irradicate and will kill more people than AIDS this year, yet

there's no reason to tell the parents that their child has been

exposed to it? Heck, the parents of an infected child don't even

have to tell the school that their child has it!

Also, the CDC doesn't understand why there has been an increase in

the number of MRSA infections. Gee, could it have anything to do

with their recommendation that an infected child be encouraged to

attend school unless the wound can't be covered with a bandage?

Everyone knows how long band-aids remain on little arms and

legs...not very long.

It just baffles me that a kid with chicken pox is made to stay home

for a couple of weeks, but a kid with MRSA is encouraged to attend

school. How messed up is that?

I was very panicked yesterday, but I'm hopeful we are nearing the

end of the incubation period and my daughter will be safe. Talk

about ruining our Christmas vacation.

Sorry for the rant, but I just thought I'd expose yet another

illogical 'guideline' set forth by the CDC.

[Guest guest]

The CDC is full of baloney most of the time, I'll agree.

However, MRSA is present in the nasal passages of most people most of

the time. It becomes a problem only when the immune system is

compromised or weakened. You don't have to touch an open sore to get

MRSA, its all around, all the time. The schools that did the never-

ending sanitizing of classrooms and locker rooms reported that MRSA was

still in the classrooms time and time again, after daily sanitizing.

People carry this bacteria with them. You can't eradicate it. The

best defense is a STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM, not bandaids, Purell, Lysol, or

antibiotics.

[Guest guest]

>

> Thanks for sharing that information about MRSA NOT being a

notifiable disease. It's funny because my boy's pediatrician said that

MRSA is nothing new (we know that), and that the media is going crazy

with it for some reason. MRSA threats have taken the place of Bird Flu

threats this year. They've got to scare us with something! Oh, not to

worry and let it ruin you're Christmas; MRSA may be antibiotic

resistant, but it's not resistant to homeopathy. ;~)..........Anita

>

Yes, well put Anita, it seems that bird flu has been forgotten about

this year, I wonder for how long... but they will always find

something new to scarmonger us with.

Ingrid