More teen MRSA deaths

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.