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   From: dank@nugget.org   
      
   leroyblue@pillinor.net wrote (quoting article)...   
   > New Bacteria Strain Is Striking Gay Men   
   >   
   > By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN   
   > Published: January 15, 2008   
   >   
   > A new, highly drug-resistant strain of the “flesh-eating” MRSA   
   > bacteria is being spread among gay men in San Francisco and Boston,   
   > researchers reported on Monday.   
   >   
   > In a study published online by the journal Annals of Internal   
   > Medicine, the bacteria seemed to be spread most easily through anal   
   > intercourse but also through casual skin-to-skin contact and touching   
   > contaminated surfaces.   
      
   That is extremely disturbing, because I often take the Muni 33 bus   
   that stops at 18th and Castro.  The bus is packed with gay men,   
   and although I haven't seen them have sex on the bus yet, the seats   
   are contaminated with anal warts and other cooties.  Bird flu, SARS,   
   and TB are also a concern, and now I have to worry about catching   
   deadly flesh-eating staph from the handrails.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)