Saturday, March 7, 2009

MRSA outbreak: Elephant infects 20 zoo employees

No sooner than I had posted an entry on AltHealthNews.com about the high levels of bacteria found on hospital workers' cell phones, including the deadly Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bug, MSNBC hit the wire with this story about how a baby elephant infected 20 employees at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

As Professor Randy Pausch said in The Last Lecture, you should always acknowledge an elephant in the room.

This is the first known instance where MRSA has crossed over from an animal to humans.

Not only should you wash your cellphones... now you have to wash your elephants, too!

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