The staph sensation

Pub date January 17, 2008
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

I have to give it to Michael Petrelis — he’s taken a nice whack at the staph hysteria story. And it’s created quite a discussion on dailykos.

A new report on an outbreak of drug-resistant staph is news, absolutely. But it’s hard to argue that this wasn’t a bit sensationalized. And since when are gay men not part of the “general population”?