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The Scourge of Skid Row

A staph infection threatens the lives of cops, firefighters and homeless people. But don’t expect any help from county health officials

Comments (0) By Christine Pelisek Wednesday, Oct 18 2006
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The plague boils over: When will the county health department step in? (Photos by Timothy Norris)
The plague boils over: When will the county health department step in? (Photos by Timothy Norris)
Staph survivor: Midnight Mission’s Orlando Ward
Staph survivor: Midnight Mission’s Orlando Ward

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It is a start, but Detective Hauck believes that the LAPD needs to step up its efforts to educate all officers about the risks associated with the bacteria.

“My whole career, I always worried about AIDS or hepatitis. I never thought about staph. There is no education on this whatsoever,” says Hauck. “We got tons of training about the African honeybee, and we have had no training on this.”

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