Great, More Worries

Flesh-eating germ kills woman in three days - Infectious Diseases - MSNBC.com

"North Carolina health officials are investigating the death of a woman who died last week of a flesh-eating bacteria three days after accidentally jamming her hand in a wheelchair while working at a nursing home. The culprit was a rare invasive form of group A streptococcal bacteria, said Debbie Crane, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health and Human Services. The noninvasive form is widespread and is commonly known for causing strep throat, she said."

Well this creates a real dilemma. I don't know if I should be worrying about dying from the bird flu or flesh eating bacteria now. Then there's always the good old standbys like cancer, heart disease, stroke, car accident, fall from a tall building because you're trying to imitate Superman (maybe that's just me though).