Posted on 03/20/2023 5:47:53 PM PDT by algore
An influential US medical panel is warning about the dangers of a rapidly spreading deadly fungus — just a week after the hit zombie show The Last of Us wrapped up.
The American College of Physicians (ACAP) said the rise and spread of antibiotic-resistant cases of Candida auris, also known as C auris, is 'particularly concerning'.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) already described the fungus, which kills up to 60 percent of people it infects, as an 'urgent threat' in 2019.
A person is infected after coming into direct contact with a contaminated object. It spreads from person to person by direct contact between them. Strict handwashing, especially in hospital environments, can prevent its spread.
But the new research from the CDC has revealed case numbers more than tripled across America between 2020 and 2021, with antibiotic resistant strains also becoming more common. The fungus was first reported in the US in 2016.
Three years later, the CDC gave the fungus its top level of concern rating because it is frequently multi-drug resistant, is passed on easily in healthcare settings and can cause serious infections with high mortality rates.
The main symptoms are fever and chills which do not improve. The fungus can cause many different kinds of infection, such as in the bloodstream, wounds or ears
Cases of 'Valley Fever' have risen 20-fold since the turn of the century.
People catch the fungus through physical contact with an infected person.
The fungus kills more than one in three people with invasive C auris (where the fungus has caused an infection affecting the blood, heart or brain).
The researchers looked at clinical and screening cases. Because screening is not conducted uniformly across the United States, the number of C auris cases may be underestimated
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60% of the .0000006% of people who get infected by it a month.
It could be the Pox, as in Monkey! Yikes!
A person is infected after coming into direct contact with a contaminated object. It spreads from person to person by direct contact between them. Strict handwashing, especially in hospital environments, can prevent its spread.
Wash your hands and maybe use a Hand Sanitizer after contact.
Now a racist question, how many illegals or what % of this fungus come from illegals and druggies?
Can I just get the jab already? How many masks do I need to wear? Is it safe driving in a car by myself?
Be sure to wear your mask 24/7, and if you drive by yourself.
If you feel that you need a Covid Jab, go get a couple.
Just my logic.
OMG OMG we’re all gonna die!
What a coincidence!
An influential US medical panel
just a week after the hit zombie show The Last of Us wrapped up.
Put Fauci on the case, he will make sure the fungus spreads rapidly.
“Is it deadly fungus week already? I still have bank failure decorations up.”
Are you decorating for “AI will kill us all”?
Wear masks and stay home. Get some injections of fungal mRNA. Etc.
How about just using good hygiene instead?
Wash your hands and maybe use a Hand Sanitizer after contact.
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Wash your hands and say a prayer
Germs and Jesus are EVERYWHERE!
C Auris is a “hospital disease”. It mostly infects people who have been hospitalized for several weeks, and they have significant underlying conditions. If you are not hospitalized, or sharing surgical instruments with people, you will probably be OK.
That was three weeks ago.
As long as you are vaxxed, boosted and wear an N95 mask.
I don’t have an N95 mask. Can I make do by putting cheese cloth in a colandar, putting it over my face and tying it around my head? I find I do have to make holes for my eyes in the cheese cloth, otherwise I keep smashing into things. It also works better if you spray paint it black to cut down the glare.
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