Could there be a MRSA outbreak at the Patriots (Speculation/Rumor)?

Ice_Ice_Brady · Nov 12, 2015

Of course the entire team has it. Just look who they're playing this week.

Wrath Mania · Nov 12, 2015

strngplyr said:
The media has enough access to the Patriots facility, if it were MRSA they'd be reporting the scrubs and decontamination happening most likely. As with what happens in every locker room when they even suspect it.

Maybe he got Mono from kissing a cheerleader.

Right, considering that Phil Perry has the flu and he was joking on the Quick Slants podcast that they should "thank Jamie Collins" for getting him sick, It doesn't seem like anyone who covers the team thinks something's afoot.

Fencer · Nov 12, 2015

My late father had MRSA. My wife has had MRSA.

I saw my doctor a few days ago and asked him how scared I should be of MRSA when considering elective surgery. He said every hospital deals with it, but it hasn't been too bad at ours (certainly not life-threatening).

Yeah, MRSA is a big deal.

That said -- if one of your guys has an ordinary respiratory ailment, and you think you can keep it from spreading through the team by keeping him away, that would be great. Of course, most of these guys are the right age to either have young kids or else go out to party spots, and I think either of those is a good way to get flu-like diseases ...

dannydyn · Nov 12, 2015

An MRSA outbreak would have had the whole facility on lock-down and no one would have been allowed in there while they disinfect and scrub the **** out of the place. They probably would have even transferred the team to an alternate location to practice at, while the Gillette was being on DEFCON1.

DarrylS · Nov 12, 2015

Another example of our irresponsible mediots who will go to no ends to make up stories.. which usually translate into social media acceptance..

Surprised Tanguay or Felger are not leading this charge..

Triumph · Nov 12, 2015

Rob0729 said:
I was listening to one of the Sunday morning pregame shows (can't remember if it was Bertrand and Price or ****erson and Price) and they floated out there there was a rumor that there could be a MRSA outbreak in the Pats' locker room which got Wendell and (they were just speculating) might have gotten Collins.

It does seem weird that Wendell would be out with an unexplained illness and Collins is quickly coming up on a week with also an unexplained illness.

Hopefully, it is just wild speculation and Collins just has the really bad flu, but it is concerning that Collins is still out with an illness that he contracted on Saturday. Typically, the flu wouldn't keep a player out of a game. Usually, they will just get an IV before the game.

MRSA happens when you have surgery.

When did Collins have surgery? He never did.

everlong · Nov 12, 2015

Whatever it is I hope is recovery is fast but as long as he's ready for Denver they should be able to survive the next two weeks and really it's the playoffs that matter for all these guys.

QuantumMechanic · Nov 12, 2015

Triumph said:
MRSA happens when you have surgery.

That's one way to get it.

Lots of people are MRSA carriers (everybody has staph on their skin, and some people have the MRSA variant). Like all staph, it's not a problem until it gets inside the skin. But you can definitely pass it on to other people. Skin-to-skin contact is enough:

MRSA is spread by:

Skin-to-skin contact. MRSA can be transmitted from one person to another by skin-to-skin contact. While MRSA skin infections can occur in participants of many types of sports, they're much more likely to occur in contact sports — such as football, wrestling and rugby.

MRSA: Understand your risk and how to prevent infection - Mayo Clinic

BTTA · Nov 12, 2015

supafly said:
When I get sick, I take some aspirin and maybe some Ny-Quil. Every couple/few years I end up at the doctor's with a really bad case, and they'll give me a Z-pack or some cough syrup. When a guy like Collins gets sick he's receiving around the clock medical care from multiple doctors and some of the best staff available. That likely includes every day, multiple time IV fluids at the team facility, antibiotics, and every kind of new age treatment under the sun. That isn't even bringing up the likelihood of the flu shot, which is almost surely a requirement for all players way back in training camp.

It's obviously very realistic to think that Collins has the flu and will return in the coming days, but I don't know how appropriate it is to compare our everyday Joe lifestyles to multi billion dollar corporations with the kind of medical care that the Patriots offer. Perhaps there's just nothing they can do for him to help expedite the situation, and mother nature will have to let it run its course.

And all of the extra attention might shorten the impact of a virus from 7-10 days down to 6-8 days.

When did he first show up on the report with this...less than a week ago, right? It is entirely possible that he just needs the rest more than the practice at this point and will be fine.

The NZ Patriots · Nov 12, 2015

Could very well be gastro / stomach bug AKA norovirus.

It's possible he was vomiting his guts out around gameday and the medical staff quarantined him in his own house for a period of days after.

Even after the vomiting has subsided, he would still be contagious for minimum a few days after (in some cases it's 2 weeks).

Him using the toilets at the Gillette facility poses a massive risk for an outbreak, even in the absence of symptoms.

Froob · Nov 12, 2015

Won't be long before this morphs into "Patriots plant MRSA in visiting locker room."

jah · Nov 12, 2015

Isn't Wendell on IR with a knee injury?

jah · Nov 12, 2015

Triumph said:
MRSA happens when you have surgery.

When did Collins have surgery? He never did.

MRSA doesn't necessarily happen that way. Most NFL cases are because of touching the same things in the locker room. A bunch of my family (luckily not me) got it at one of the water parks at Disney World. It's kinda scary how easy and out of your own control it is to contract.

Marinlik · Nov 12, 2015

Rob0729 said:
I hope it is an overreaction, but they brought it on the radio as a rumor they have heard. It wasn't my speculation.

Whatever Collins has, Wendell obviously didn't have the flu or a respiratory virus. Whether it was MRSA or another contagious illness, is only speculation at this point.

And before the trade deadline some radio guys floated that they had heard a rumor about the Pats trading for JMac. It turned out that the rumor was actually the radio guy falling for a fake twitter account, and not bothering to even check the account to see if it was the real one.

I would guess this rumor has the same source, aka random twitter guy that makes stuff up.

Kontradiction · Nov 12, 2015

cmasspatsfan said:
There's been a nasty cold/flu thing going around, half the people I know have/had it and it hangs on for awhile.

I've had it for a week now starting last Friday and tomorrow will mark the first day where I can really begin working out again. It's not the flu, though. I had the flu last November and it crippled me. I've been able to go to work on this. Not sure I could have played in a 3+ hour professional football game or went to a padded practice, though.

bresna · Nov 12, 2015

memento said:
I don't think they've ever held back on mrsa before, I remember hearing Brady had it after surgery on his leg.

I tend to doubt that Brady had MRSA. He likely had a regular staph infection. In fact, at the time it happened, he said, "The infection is very treatable". I doubt he'd say that if it was MRSA. The "MR" part of MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant, meaning the doctors have to find the right antibiotic to kill it. If they can't find the right antibiotic, it can even be fatal.

skspikex2 · Nov 12, 2015

If Jamie Collins have MRSA, only way he can be in the locker room is by wearing a full bio haz suit like in that movie Outbreak........or 28 days later.

PatsWickedPissah · Nov 12, 2015

QuantumMechanic said:
That's one way to get it.

Lots of people are MRSA carriers (everybody has staph on their skin, and some people have the MRSA variant). Like all staph, it's not a problem until it gets inside the skin. But you can definitely pass it on to other people. Skin-to-skin contact is enough:

I hope that BB puts a stop to the practice of the team soaping each other up in the shower.

Kontradiction · Nov 12, 2015

PatsWickedPissah said:
I hope that BB puts a stop to the practice of the team soaping each other up in the shower.

...you were saying?

BelichickFan · Nov 12, 2015

skspikex2 said:
If Jamie Collins have MRSA, only way he can be in the locker room is by wearing a full bio haz suit like in that movie Outbreak........or 28 days later.

Evidently he was at Gillette on Sunday :

Doug Kyed ‏@DougKyed 20h20 hours ago
If there was, I don't think he would have been at Gillette on Sunday morning.
Matt Fullerton‏@TherealFTown 21h21 hours ago
@DougKyed Seems like a while to be missing for a "contagious illness" are there MRSA fears?

It was irresponsible for Gasper to start rumor mongering last week.

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