Above is a direct link to the CDC announcement. The story linked below is scary, but has a teeny-tiny bright spot. I'm certain that the trend of continued over-prescribing of antibiotics will make that blink out soon enough, though...

Medicine/Infectious Disease
CDC announces first confirmed case of Vancomycin-Resistant Staph. Aureus. Oh, shit!!

Oh, and I guess it is a potty-mouth post day around here today. ;-)

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If you read Fark.com, then you might appreciate the quote below from there. This particular meme among Farkers has certainly been spun wildly...

Every time you masturbate, a Scotsman stomps a hedgehog

Regarding the actual BBC news item, I hope they decide to try relocation for the excess critters, rather than the mentioned cull (and I suspect they would use methods other than those suggested by the Farker, if the decision was to cull). Otherwise, I'm rather certain someone might get a visit from the Piranha brothers...

Dinsdale?

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