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Deadly germs, Lost cures: A Mysterious Infection Spanning the Globe in (snip) Secrecy
The New York Times ^ | 6 April 2019 | Matt Richtel and Adrew Jacobs

Posted on 04/06/2019 9:04:49 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

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To: Diogenesis

These nasty pigs in the last administration have started the ball rolling, Trump needs to close the door on these bastards, the cell door


41 posted on 04/06/2019 10:38:23 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
The first time doctors encountered C. auris was in the ear of a woman in Japan in 2009 (auris is Latin for ear). It seemed innocuous at the time, a cousin of common, easily treated fungal infections.

Many years ago a fellow worker came to work with his right ear filled with a white paste.
I asked him about it, and he said 25 years earlier he had picked up an ear infection while overseas in the service, and occasionally it would flare up and needed to be treated.

Obviously some of these bacterial infections can be tenacious and beyond modern medicine's control. - Tom

42 posted on 04/06/2019 10:39:16 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: BenLurkin

good movie but I don’t remember what was said in this clip.


43 posted on 04/06/2019 10:59:00 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Mea culpa

Missed the fine print.


44 posted on 04/06/2019 11:05:46 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Go read the article. Hard to excerpt. This is a disease organism coming in with immigrants. No one wants to talk about that, do they?

No they don’t. I almost came to blows with some hag about us seeing diseases take on a new life with all these immigrants. We had these diseases when we were kids but my kids and grands didn’t because they were vaccinated!! God help the scientists trying to find a solution for all this “new” stuff........


45 posted on 04/06/2019 11:07:12 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: Darnright; mad_as_he$$
Darnright :" Since when is a fungus a germ? Germ is synonymous with bacteria."

"Germ" may refer to not just a bacterium but to any type of microorganism or even non-living pathogen that can cause disease,
such as protists, fungi, viruses, prions, or viroids.[1]
Diseases caused by pathogens are called infectious diseases."

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_of_disease

46 posted on 04/06/2019 11:09:28 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: antidemoncrat

I’m wondering why the big deal is being made of measles vaccination at this time. It seems to be a push to shame people to get vaccinated without questioning possible side effects. What happens when there’s a vaccine discovered to counter new diseases? Will people accept them even if there’s no knowledge of their long-term effects?


47 posted on 04/06/2019 11:12:37 AM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: faucetman; null and void

He: "I gotta bring out my dead."
She: "Ping Null and Void!"
48 posted on 04/06/2019 11:18:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Thank you. I learned something today.


49 posted on 04/06/2019 11:23:10 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

If the story about the aerosolized hydrogen peroxide in the Mt Sini room is true, I don’t see how this bug can be beat...


50 posted on 04/06/2019 11:27:43 AM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitch!)
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To: mad_as_he$$
mad_as_he$$ :" Thank you. I learned something today. "

Yeah, me too !
I enjoy this forum as it provokes all sorts of research.
It keeps the mind active !

51 posted on 04/06/2019 11:29:46 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: tired&retired
tired&retired:"My daughter worked with infectious disease research at NY Presbyterian Hospital.
They were losing transplant patients to various diseases as they are more vulnerable."

A compromised immune system and/or an open surgical wound would already have the body's immune system already activated.
In situations where death occurred, I wonder if there would be any listing of Candida auris (fungus) as a contributing factor ?

My hats off to you and your daughter.

52 posted on 04/06/2019 11:34:51 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

In organ transplant patients they must sipressthe recipient’s immune system so it dies not reject the donor’s tissue.


53 posted on 04/06/2019 11:42:56 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

In organ transplant patients they must supress the recipient’s immune system so it does not reject the donor’s tissue.

Sorry... needed my glasses


54 posted on 04/06/2019 11:44:16 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: patriot torch

Ci Senor,

Lettuce in!!!!

Dere’s a fungus among us!


55 posted on 04/06/2019 11:59:44 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Bookmark


56 posted on 04/06/2019 12:32:58 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: airborne
From the article -

" It was spreading, but word of it was not. The hospital, a specialty lung and heart center that draws wealthy patients from the Middle East and around Europe, alerted the British government and told infected patients, but made no public announcement.

“There was no need to put out a news release during the outbreak,” said Oliver Wilkinson, a spokesman for the hospital.

57 posted on 04/06/2019 12:39:38 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: tired&retired

I’m immune-compromised due to leukemia. In my world, the only place more dangerous than my doctor’s office is a hospital.

I give thanks to God for IVIG (which is basically antibody transfusions) and having enough insurance to cover the substantial cost.


58 posted on 04/06/2019 1:16:34 PM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: Wuli
Mea culpa

Missed the fine print.

No problem. Making a sincere effort not to eviscerate critics, but guide them gently to truth.

59 posted on 04/06/2019 1:19:31 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

TEKEL, you have been weighed ... and found wanting (To Lose Weight!!!)

Like your byline...


60 posted on 04/06/2019 1:27:58 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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