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American College of Physicians warns of 'urgent threat' posed by highly contagious FUNGUS that has a kill rate of 60% and is growing across the US β€” sparking Last Of Us fears
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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 β€” 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

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: 2016; among; candida; cauris; cdc; chills; fever; fungi; fungus; mfl; us
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

Found in nature.


41 posted on 03/20/2023 7:14:14 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: algore
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'.

Well, it should be concerning to them because doctors know an antibiotic isn't an effective treatment for a fungus anyway.

42 posted on 03/20/2023 7:23:59 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: algore

CONvid vax will keep you safe. πŸ”¬πŸ˜³πŸ˜±πŸš«πŸ˜·πŸ’‰πŸ·πŸ’©


43 posted on 03/20/2023 7:30:25 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? πŸ˜•)
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To: algore

The gist of the article is that this thing spreads within hospitals, like MRSA.
Another excellent reason to avoid hospitals.
Not that one was needed.


44 posted on 03/20/2023 7:40:40 PM PDT by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL post of the thread.


45 posted on 03/20/2023 7:53:39 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: algore
Valley Fever

X-Files El Mundo Gira


46 posted on 03/20/2023 7:55:16 PM PDT by conservativeimage (The world is not dark. The future is not bleak. Tomorrow will be a good day.)
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To: algore

Since when does anyone treat a fungus with an antibiotic? Seriously ignorant journalism.


47 posted on 03/20/2023 7:56:47 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: algore

After reading through the entire article, the article was poorly written, barely readable, and just wanders through some fear mongering.


48 posted on 03/20/2023 8:11:43 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

and olive leaf extract too-


49 posted on 03/20/2023 8:33:56 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Islander7
Is it deadly fungus week already? I still have bank failure decorations up.

That's witty my FRiend.. you brought a smile to my face :-)

50 posted on 03/20/2023 8:44:35 PM PDT by Bobalu (Unrepentant communists, NAZI’s and totalitarians of all stripe are bowing toward Davos)
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To: algore

That was the first episode of the X-Files that I ever saw.

The killer fungus was released from the trunk of a giant old growth tree in the Northwest by loggers. It had been trapped inside the tree for centuries.


51 posted on 03/20/2023 8:56:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: Larry Lucido
You are NOT supposed to call it the Asian Murder Hornet.
52 posted on 03/20/2023 8:57:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: algore

How are the Chinese spreading it?


53 posted on 03/20/2023 10:42:57 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

54 posted on 03/20/2023 10:46:22 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Their valley fever article, however, explains that that is spreading because of “global warming”:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11697467/Valley-fever-deadly-fungal-infection-spreading-climate-change.html


55 posted on 03/20/2023 11:08:00 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: algore

And that’s not all:

https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/us-says-its-likely-impossible-to-eradicate-invasive-burmese-python-population/


56 posted on 03/20/2023 11:16:08 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: algore

Nothing new.

Well known and understood.

Most people not at risk.

That is all.


57 posted on 03/20/2023 11:24:31 PM PDT by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: Jim Noble

Oh, you’re no fun anymore.


58 posted on 03/20/2023 11:25:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

This is bad journalism- β€œValley Fever” is an infection of coccidioides and is not transmitted from human to human.


59 posted on 03/21/2023 1:08:42 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: algore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_auris


60 posted on 03/21/2023 2:19:40 AM PDT by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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