Until recently MRSA was pretty much confined to hospitals. Those who got it in hospitals typically had seriously compromised immune systems. My son was among them. It’s not so easy to anticipate its spread among the general population.
There is now a strain, CA-MRSA, that has spread among the public. Simultaneously, TB is recurring as well as other diseases we had assumed were wiped out decades ago.
At the risk of sounding xenophobic, one does have to wonder how much of this is related to waves of immigrants, legal and not, who have neither been immunized, nor follow traditional American hygienic practices. I.e., another of my sons worked at a very upscale yuppy supermarket in a department (kitchen) where he was the only US-born employee. He ultimately left because he was so disgusted that people working with food that was sold to the public couldn’t even bother to cover their mouths when they coughed, much less wash their hands. His co-workers were not Mexican by the way.
Thank you for this information. I have been aware that not all medical people will tell you the complete truth about the nature of your risks in the care of someone else. I did not realize that this has been an industry wide problem extending into hospitals. I am sure I am not alone in that.
I do have to agree with you EDINVA about the illegal problem. I live in Southern Crazyfornia and it does worry me. Modern arrogance and a generation or more since there has been a true medical scare(polio), have caused way too many people to become lazy and complacent.
And that is just plain scary about your son’s experience in the food industry. Yikes!!!