MRSA in the Locker RoomMen’s Health Magazine just published this cautionary article about Staph and MRSA in the locker room. It’s truly horrifying.
If it weren’t so real, so tragic, and such a Critical wake-up call, it could be a sick joke: Ricky Lannetti, 21 years old and tough as a truck tire, was killed by a pimple on his butt.
He’d noticed the little welt last fall, when he was dressing for football practice at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was right under the back strap of his jock and getting a little raw, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to ask the trainers to look at a pimple, not while other guys were waiting to have real injuries wrapped and taped.
Besides, apart from that, he felt great. As a senior and a starting wide receiver for Lycoming, Lannetti was having the best season of his life: He set a school record with 16 catches in a game, then the following week broke the record for catches in a season. The next Saturday, he snagged five balls as the Warriors won in overtime to advance in the playoffs. The next Saturday, he was dead.
Read “The Killer in the Locker Room” here.
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