Quote From: jm_jacksonFirst off, I'm surprised that this is "news" in the US. In Canada and the UK, it has been a recognized issue in hospitals for nearly 4 years. In Canada, no patient is admitted to hospital without being screened and there are strict procedures for patients in isolation due to it.
Secondly, I'm shocked that no mention was made on the show of any of the other superbugs - VRSA, VRE, C-Diff. Yes, MRSA may be the most visible right now, but as a cancer patient who went through 2 years of chemo while fighting VRE, the threat to my life was very real. To me, to address the issue of superbugs and only mention one is extremely disturbing.
Finally, for Dr Phil to cut the doctor who also had MRSA off as he was explaining causes and actions, saying the audience was getting bored really shows that his focus has turned to sensationalization, rather than facts. I would suspect that the audience was riveted, not bored. Maybe because he expects people to respond only to him, he was confused that the attention was on someone else.
Do people need to be concerned about all superbugs? Absolutely. Should everyone be asking their hospitals what measures are in place to address it and be pushing for both patient and hospital staff testing? Definitely. Would I be really scared if I had to go into a US hospital right now, even as a visitor? You bet.
I considered Dr Phil's comment about the audience starting to "glaze over" a patronizing insult to their intellignce. As if the Dr's explanations were over their heads. Maybe he meant, as you thought, that they were bored. But, is he trying to entertain his audience? Or, educate millions of viewers?
