Researchers have found something very disturbing in dairy cows. A new strain of the flesh eating bacteria (MRSA). Humans are at risk because it is passable from the cows to us. This new strain of MRSA is undetectable by standard MRSA detecting. It also is able to grow with antibiotics present and this is a very bad thing. Now we have a bacteria that can destroy flesh and is communicable; and we can't stop it. This is because this new MRSA's DNA is different from the previous one, enabling it to go by unnoticed. Doctors aren't yet able to know if we gave the cows it, or they gave it to us, just that we can give it to each other. They assured us that pasteurized milk is still safe, although unpasteurized is not.
I've been a fan of the different forms of flesh eating bacteria for a while now, so naturally this sparked my interest. Like most forms of flesh eating bacteria; MRSA is resistant to antibiotics. The currant strains are all able to be "treated" though never fully gotten rid of, yet this new strain is undecidable to the current means of treatment and identifying. Also it's ability to infect dairy cows and their handlers is another very scary thing. I really hope we are able to stop this before it becomes out of control. Something like this could run rapid in an environment where it is uncontrolled and undetectable.
- Lauren (Ren) Stogner
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