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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 04:37 PM Feb 2015

Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in subway stations, high school students discover


Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in subway stations, high school students discover

Forget commuters and rats, New York City's subway system is crowded with microbes. After spending her vacation swabbing benches and turn styles beneath the city, high school students found bacteria impervious to two major antibiotics.

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Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in subway stations, high school students discover (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP
so that is why that Jared guy is so slim thought it was eat fresh.... dembotoz Feb 2015 #1
Took my mother to a local hospital last Saturday Politicalboi Feb 2015 #2
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Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
2. Took my mother to a local hospital last Saturday
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 06:43 PM
Feb 2015

And by Monday night I felt sick. They have masks, but what they really need are rubber gloves. You sign in with a pen that was touched by a thousand fingers, Your hands touch counter tops, door jams, and elevator buttons. Still not all better yet.

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