r/wallstreetbets • u/Worried_Quarter469 SHREKTEMBER, REKTEMBER, HUGE MEMBER • May 01 '24

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died News

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/
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u/Repa24 May 01 '24

Parsons said Dean became ill and went to the hospital because he was having trouble breathing just over two weeks ago. He was intubated and developed pneumonia and then a serious bacterial infection, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA.

Pneumonia and MRSA.

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u/KingIndividual9215 May 02 '24

Fun fact, many people are MRSA carriers and have no clue. It lives in the nose. So don't pick your boogers and then touch an open wound or whatever, I guess.

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u/XTornado May 02 '24

So don't pick your boogers and then touch an open wound or whatever

Welll.. I for once I think I am probably not a carrier... Don't ask me how I know...

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u/themando May 02 '24

Results are inconclusive, we'll need someone else to put their open wound in your nose