Showing posts with label Virginia Schools Close Due To Deadly Staph Bacteria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virginia Schools Close Due To Deadly Staph Bacteria. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Virginia Schools Close Due To Deadly Staph Bacteria

Many species on Earth can- over a period of time- adapt to changes in their environment- including chemicals that try to kill them.

Such has happened in Virginia- where- according to this Associated Press story- a high school student died Monday from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus- or MRSA.

Officials then close 21 schools in an attempt to keep the deadly MRSA bacteria from spreading.

First- it's a brain-eating ameoba- now it's MRSA. Mother Earth is only too happy to rid herself of the pest we call Mankind.
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