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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“wolf!”
One of Fauci’s creations?... Or found in nature?
So, is this the next “one”?
Lockdown! Masks! Toxic vaccines! BOHICA
And we will have an MRNA vaccine for it in 3, 2, 1……..
I take it the murder hornet thing didn’t work out?
Oil of oregano
Too late for me. I’ve got the fungus on both big toenails.
Woh-oh, Candida, we could make it together
The further from here, girl, the better
Where the air is fresh and clean
Hmm-hmm, Candida, just take my hand and I’ll lead ya
I promise life will be sweeter, and it says so in my dreams
C Auris is a more serious threat than covid is. Its just not nearly as widespread.
Now if govt starts spreading it around to kill us, that will be a real problem.
>which kills up to 60 percent of people it infects
Mostly the people that catch it are over 70 and have comorbidities and are already in a hospital for treatment for other severe maladies. So yeah, 50% death rate because most of them are going to die anyway because they’re languishing in a hospital.
A fungus
Among us?
Valley Fever?
Same Valley Fever fungus that has inhabited the soils of the southwest since the beginning of time?
The highest number of cases are in California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois.
From memory...
Those five states have the highest number of immigrants in the USA.
Oh, Gus, the Gardener’s gone now.
And you went with him too.
The fungus here, reminds me of
The fun Gus is having with you
-Benny Hill (My Garden of Love)
Nano Silver too
No. Valley fever has nothing to do with Candida auris, and I have no idea why it was mentioned in the story.
Is it deadly fungus week already? I still have bank failure decorations up.
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