‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising human toll

Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by daveloyall on Thursday September 08, 2016 @11:40AM (#12454027)

Well yeah. But hey, I'm no journalist.

I stand by my assertion that nobody is trying to "hide" the "superbug" problem.

The human tendency to not self-report failures is a thing. But it's not some kind of biohazard conspiracy.

And one more thing about the death certificates...

    > In a statement emailed to Reuters, Frieden said: 
    > "While death certificates provide helpful 
    > information, the unfortunate reality is that they
    > don't provide in-depth clinical information."

I'm guessing that Frieden, the boss of the whole CDC, went on to say something like: "But it makes sense, because death certificates are primarily legal records. The clinical information lives in medical records." OR, OR, something more accurate. That's why he gets the big bucks. :)

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by InternetPerson on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:04PM (#12457767)

Well, you know more about this space than I do. So maybe it's not so bad...

But the article sure makes it sound like hospitals are hiding MRSA-related deaths, since MRSA infections are often "hospital acquired". And we all agree that hospitals would have an incentive to hide these numbers.

And the apparent under-reporting seems to indicate that this is in fact what's going on. This sounds like a problem! Thanks a lot, dishonest hospitals!

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