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Related: About this forumThis is one reason to be suspicious of what you read on the internet.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5128046_dangers-mrsa-virus.htmlWhat Are the Dangers of the MRSA Virus?
Virus?
Really?
The article even talks about treating the "virus" with antibiotics.
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This is one reason to be suspicious of what you read on the internet. (Original Post)
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cbayer
(146,218 posts)1. And she keeps using the word virus over and over again.
Truly frightening. And this is where people are getting their medical information.
Warpy
(111,417 posts)3. I've been known to substitute and have to go back and edit
because I've been lost in the land of Duh, either half awake or waiting for pain medicine to kick in.
She's probably got a really red face by now if she can't edit this thing.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)4. True. I should give her the benefit of the doubt, because the rest of her article
is pretty good.
I guess I am more concerned about the possibility that people without any real background in healthcare are writing healthcare articles.
quinn-the-innuit
(17 posts)2. What a joke. Gee, I wonder where MRSA comes from?
Maybe...antibiotics oversue?
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)5. Dumb as a box of rocks!
Chemisse
(30,821 posts)6. So many people get their microbes mixed up.
But it's inexcusable in health writing. Let's hope it is noticed and fixed soon!