https://phys.org/news/2022-01-superbug-mrsa-arose-hedgehogs-clinical.html

Staphylococcus aureus first developed resistance to the
antibiotic methicillin around 200 years ago, according to
a large international collaboration including the University
of Cambridge, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Denmark's
Serum Statens Institut and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
which has traced the genetic history of the bacteria.

They were investigating the surprising discovery—from
hedgehog surveys from Denmark and Sweden—that up to 60%
of hedgehogs carry a type of MRSA called mecC-MRSA. The
new study also found high levels of MRSA in swabs taken
from hedgehogs across their range in Europe and New Zealand.

The study is published today in the journal Nature.

.. . .

Now wait a minute ! For a good decade now they've
blamed MRSA on idiot patients who didn't take all
their pills and/or medical malpractice. All OUR
fault. As a result people now sometimes can't get
antibiotics when they really need them until shit
gets totally out of hand.

BUT ... the damned bug WAS ALREADY HERE, hiding out
in Sonic Hedgehog for two centuries. People like
to keep hedgehogs as (very boring) pets.

Like Covid, SA developed a mutation. Probably wasn't of
any particular use at the time - but not a hinderance
either. Maybe some local fungi or something produced
a compound a bit like Methicillin, who knows ?

So, where's the big APOLOGY hmmm ? The medical
soul-searching ? The policy changes ???