Agreed Learning, and it is not just fatalities. Amputations are...

Agreed Learning, and it is not just fatalities. Amputations are not so rare in patients with underlying conditions like diabetes, and the hospital stay for treatment of MRSA is 10 days average which is twice the norm.
[In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that there were 29.1 million people living with diabetes in the United States (U.S.), representing 9.3% of the U.S. population [1]. Foot ulcers and subsequent infections are a serious, yet common, consequence of long-standing, uncontrolled diabetes. Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are the leading cause of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations and result in approximately 66,000 amputations each year in the U.S. Additionally, the costs associated with DFIs are approximately $174 billion annually [1].]
A US DFI study (n-273) found 15% with MRSA and (86%) received MRSA antibiotic coverage, resulting in 71% unnecessary use.
One scary fact MRSA can be spread by skin contact and coughing/sneezing.