I just want to note that there is a sad uptick in news of MRSA illnesses and deaths among teens:
- 18-year-old Alonzo Smith of Kissimmee, Fla. died this past Monday, Sept. 29.
- 17-year-old Saalen Jones of Philadelphia died on Tuesday, Sept. 23.
In addition, just in the past two weeks there have been school outbreaks in:
- Williams, AZ
- two Cleveland, OH schools
- a Tucson, AZ high school
- five Tempe, AZ schools
- an Edmond, OK high school
- a Knoxville, TN high school
- Bedford County, VA
- Uniontown, PA
- schools in Commack and Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY
- Bath and Ferryhaven, MI
- central NY state
- Copperopolis, CA
- and Northhampton, PA.
