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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

A A A Comments (4) 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)

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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Mark 10/27/2010 1:10:00 PM

check out this site for pictures of staph infections: http://www.staph-infection-pictures.com

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Cecil Whitcomb 04/14/2008 8:17:00 AM

I lived in downtown Los Angeles about 15 years ago and it was a bad place then. I would like to return for a visit and to take some photos of the history there. Do you think it is safe for a 66 year old cripple man?

Anonymous 10/17/2007 11:43:00 PM

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