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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, the superbug has attacked schools in Virginia...and the students are scared, their parents are scared...and the global warming scare has taken a back seat, if not then, just for a short period. Something else is attacking and the dangers are imminent.

Each year it is estimated that some 90,000 people - a crowded Rose Bowl full of people, get infected with the potentially deadly infection. Some 18,000+ (a Phoneix Sun's Arena full) die.

MRSA is often carried on the skin and in the noses of HEALTHY PEOPLE.

The disease spreads wildly through:

1. schools

2. hospitals

3. prisons

4. athletic facilities

MRSA does not respond to penicillin and related antibiotics.

Three students died from the disease in the past week from MRSA infection that can spread:

1. from skin-to-skin contact 

2. sharing an item from an infected person

3. touching an open wound

The best way to fight...to prevent the infection is o:

1. wash hands regulalry

2. keep cuts and abrasions clean

3. watch out for contaminated medical equipment

4. stay out of the hospital - a full one-fourth of invasive cases of staff infections happen to patients in hospitals and more than half are related to the healthcare industry.

5. let the kids have a say - schools in VA were closed after the students "there launched a protest Monday using text messages and social networking sites."