The Atlanta Falcons weren't taking any chances when they hosted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Georgia Dome this weekend, going so far as to send in a specially outfitted cleaning crew in hazmat suits to clean out the visiting locker room to prevent a MRSA outbreak.
Falcons stadium crew uses hazmat suits to clean Buccaneers locker room
No expense was spared as the best cleanser money could buy was leveraged against infectious disease.
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Georgia Dome cleaning crews in hazmat suits going into Bucs lockeroom. Crew told me they had special cleaner. pic.twitter.com/JmvQ4jvQIY
— Kevin ODonnell Fox13 (@ODonnellFox13) October 21, 2013
It’s 2013 in the country’s most popular sport, and the last line of defense to prevent an infectious disease outbreak is the poor crew who drew the short-straw on morning shift duty. I hope they got an extra day of vacation or something.
MRSA is no laughing matter -- but this looks like the strangest forgotten episode of “Breaking Bad” we’ve ever seen.
