Are your local hospitals suddenly infested with MRSA and staph?

Are your local hospitals suddenly infested with MRSA and staph?
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I don’t think it is sudden or anything new. When my husband was hospitalized for six months in 1990 he acquired MRSA and has lived with it ever since. My niece was hospitalized with MRSA two years ago. It is frightening, but it is nothing new.
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