X-Files El Mundo Gira
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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Found in nature.
Well, it should be concerning to them because doctors know an antibiotic isn't an effective treatment for a fungus anyway.
CONvid vax will keep you safe. 🔬😳😱🚫😷💉🐷💩
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.
LOL post of the thread.
X-Files El Mundo Gira
Since when does anyone treat a fungus with an antibiotic? Seriously ignorant journalism.
After reading through the entire article, the article was poorly written, barely readable, and just wanders through some fear mongering.
and olive leaf extract too-
That's witty my FRiend.. you brought a smile to my face :-)
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.
How are the Chinese spreading it?
Their valley fever article, however, explains that that is spreading because of “global warming”:
And that’s not all:
Nothing new.
Well known and understood.
Most people not at risk.
That is all.
Oh, you’re no fun anymore.
This is bad journalism- “Valley Fever” is an infection of coccidioides and is not transmitted from human to human.
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