MRSA is a real problem here in the UK too. Whole hospitals have been closed (temporarily) as a result of repeated outbreaks of the disease.

Sadly, it is the elderly who suffer the most because there is very little concern for the elderly here. The majority of deaths due to in-hospital infections are elderly people, and the figures are very rarely reported accurately. We have some excellent doctors and some very highly dedicated to their profession, but the statistics show that these must be in the minority due to the appauling treatment many older people receive in hospitals today. There have been many cases of outright abuse suffered by people that my family have known- in one case an elderly lady went into hospital because she had fallen and broken her hip. Her mobility was impaired but her health was at no critical risk. She was left for long periods of time without any attention and developed severe bed sores which became infected due to poor hospital hygiene and died shortly afterwards. My grandfather died in hospital in agony because the nurses simply hadn't bothered to read the notes and thus didn't see that he was severely allergic to the morphine they were giving him. One poor old lady i came across in one of my jobs was in terrible pain after an operation to remove some cancer. The hospital told her it was all in her mind until her son found her collapsed in her home. She had been haemoraging (sp?) for two months and further investigation revealed that the doctor had accidentally (!) removed her spleen.

I honestly believe that infections such as MRSA and eColi would be eradicated if only more doctors remembered the hypocratic oath and saw patients as people instead as beds to be freed up as soon as possible.

In my area, the cases have been among junior high aged boys who are involved with sports.  My oldest was sent home with a letter from school about it the other day (he's 6).  It stressed the importance of cleaning out all cuts/scrapes, and keeping them clean.

The boys are not cleaning their sports equipment well enough, and while playing get cuts/scrapes they think are nothing and don't bother to clean.  None of the boys in my area who caught it have died, but one is still in the hospital.

It sounds like I need to start by apologizing.  Going back over my initial post, I sound a bit deranged, don't I?

Actually it is not those with weakened immune systems in our area. The majority of a local high school football team have caught this terrible thing.

I am very sorry to hear that; however, I must point out that fitness and health are not necessarily the same thing.  

As for the food, that has nothing to do with it. I eat mostly fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Your logic is severely flawed in this regard.

I must disagree.  Food has everything to do with it when it comes to being healthy.  I am glad to hear that you eat well, but you are in a distinct minority.  Also, the SAD (Standard American Diet) has not only taken a deathward spiral, but the fact that it has been bad for at least two generations means that the children are truly suffering for the "sins" of their parents.  Kids are not being born with the immune system that God intended them to have because their parents (and sometimes even grandparents) have harmed themselves without even realizing it, and not necessarily by informed choice.

I do not worship idols. I go to Mass every Sunday and as many times during the week as I am able. I have never turned away from God but by your extremely silly and inane reasoning, I deserve this because according to you I could have only caught this because I am an idol worshiping fast food science junkie. Yeah right...

The attack was not personal.  We as a culture do worship idols.  When we read in the Bible that the Jєωs turned away from God and began worshipping idols, certainly there were Noahs and Lots among them.  Isn't that exactly what we are here talking about?  Our culture is utterly in the thrall of Satan.  That is why

the Great Depression II, Pestilence, Famine, War, Martial Law.

are coming.  We (not personally but as a culture) have deserved it.

It's not just fast-food junkies, people with non-Catholic lifestyles, and TV watchers that need to "watch their back" on superbugs like this -- OR I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!

I did not do a good job of writing my post, and I'm not doing a lot better now, in part because there is so much that I have learned about nutrition in the past 3 years that flies in the face of modern medicine--it is impossible to go into detail without writing a book--and even if I did, most people would still say I was crazy, even though I have seen people healed of all types of illnesses by applying these nutritional principles.

But Matthew, I must close by pointing out that if you are faithful to God, and I believe that you--and most of those who read this board--are, then YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

Because the Great Depression II, Pestilence, Famine, War, Martial Law are coming.  Some of us will survive it and wish we had not.  Eternity is really the only thing that matters.  At this point, if God decides to take me to him and spare me the suffering that is to come, so be it.  I know that I will have to pay for my past sins one way or another, but if God wants me to be one of those who will endure the Chastisement to come, I will do it.  In my deranged way, it is my very strong belief that He is preparing us to endure these hardships, and I refuse to be afraid.

I'm rambling now, I better go to bed before I get myself into more trouble.  Isn't there a smilie over there that puts its foot in its mouth?

Beautiful, Dulcamara.  You have put it beautifully.  Thank you.