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by samdcbu 771 days ago
Antibiotic resistant MRSA kills thousands of people a year in the US. The idea that he went to the hospital with pneumonia and then contracted antibiotic resistant MRSA from the hospital environment is very plausible.
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Pretty sure the cause of death "seeming very plausible" is highly valued.
Indeed. That doesn't make it less plausible.
> then contracted antibiotic resistant MRSA from the hospital environment is very plausible.

Wouldn't other people in the hospital contract it as well?