April 2005 Archive ** How many handshakes are you away from a Staph Infection?

End Time Prophecy Report for:

April 10, 2005

Matthew 24: 7b : and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places


How many handshakes are you away from a Staph Infection?



In a recent Dallas Morning News article, it was reported that a recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine study has found that the potential for being infected with the Staphloccus Aureus bacteria, is higher than previously assumed. Based upon a pool of infected persons located in the Baltimore, Atlanta, and Minnesota metropolitan area’s, the study has confirmed the theory that the percentage of infected persons within the general population is rising, and that the strain of the bacteria is drug-resistant. Considering the fact that ordinary bathing and handwashing is becoming more of a distant memory for some people, what is the likelihood of infection via a common handshake?