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CDC issues warning of rapid spreading fungal Infection with 60% Kill Rate
Posted on 2/7/24 at 11:59 pm
Posted on 2/7/24 at 11:59 pm
Here we go again?
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This deadly fungus, which typically impacts those with weakened immune systems, is resistant to several common anti-fungal drugs.
First appearing just 15 years ago, the rates of Candida auris have soared in that time. In 2021, there were 2,377 confirmed clinical cases in the US, a staggering increase of over 1,200 per cent since 2017. The CDC has warned that Candida auris can cause infections across the body, including the bloodstream, open wounds and ears.
In cases of Candida auris, symptoms may look like a common bacterial infection. However, an infected person can unknowingly spread the fungus. The CDC said: “Someone who is colonized can still transmit C. auris onto surfaces or objects that they contact, which can then be picked up by other patients.”
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Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:03 am to BCreed1
quote:Iatrogenic concerns. Not a general public issue.
typically impacts those with weakened immune systems
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:18 am to BCreed1
The first confirmed infection of Candida auris occurred in Washington last month and has been rapidly spreading, especially in medical facilities.
So many questions - I know this type of article doesn't address such things, but...where is it coming from, how does it get started, how is it rapidly spreading, is it spreading within medical centers or leaving medical centers, etc etc etc.
So many questions - I know this type of article doesn't address such things, but...where is it coming from, how does it get started, how is it rapidly spreading, is it spreading within medical centers or leaving medical centers, etc etc etc.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:28 am to BCreed1
Best defense is to stay home, don’t go to church & vote by mail!
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:34 am to BCreed1
Isn’t that how the last of us starts?
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:50 am to POTUS2024
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Covid also first appear in Washington and spread from there?
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:55 am to TheCheshireHog
Yes. State, not DC.
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the first U.S. case of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, is confirmed in a man from Washington State on January 20, 2020.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 1:15 am to BCreed1
Just in time for the election. Shocker.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 1:37 am to BCreed1
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there were 2,377 confirmed clinical cases in the US, a staggering increase of over 1,200 per cent since 2017
uh, illegals
Posted on 2/8/24 at 2:14 am to RobbBobb
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The CDC has warned that one in three patients infected with the fungus could die
And I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 2:15 am
Posted on 2/8/24 at 2:46 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Best defense is to stay home, don’t go to church & vote by mail!
We should print as many ballots as we could possibly need. I am talking well above 100% of registered voters.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 3:31 am to BCreed1
You can’t buy groceries unless you’re wearing muffs
Posted on 2/8/24 at 4:07 am to BCreed1
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typically impacts those with weakened immune systems
Good luck obese fatties. If Covid didn’t teach you a lesson to start exercising eating right and living a healthier lifestyle you won’t ever learn.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 4:26 am to Sofaking2
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We should print as many ballots as we could possibly need. I am talking well above 100% of registered voters.
If it saves just ONE life...
Posted on 2/8/24 at 4:26 am to RobbBobb
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uh, illegals
During the Trump era lol
Posted on 2/8/24 at 4:33 am to Padme
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As it was first isolated from the ear canal, it was given the name Candida auris (auris is Latin for 'ear')
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You can’t buy groceries unless you’re wearing muffs
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:14 am to TheCheshireHog
"Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Covid also first appear in Washington and spread from there"
No the first documented case of Covid-19 in the US was in Washington state or northern California, sometime around the second week of January 2020. If I remember correctly it was traced back to someone who likely participated in the Asian New Year celebration and then returned home. As I recall there was reluctance to put a hiatus on travel because of all the celebration that was associated with the Asian New Year. The quarantine did not go into effect until immediately after that, but by then it was too late. So many travelers who attended were already loaded with the virus and winging their way back across the world to spread the virus.
This Candida sp. scares the hell outa me. It is a combination of Staph aureus and Candida albicans, both of which are endemic in the environment and are common skin contaminants, but this one is resistant to most every drug and if a person is infected, not colonized, it could kill them quite quickly. Think of a combination of a yeast infection and skin infection. Sadly, so many now are on immunosuppressive therapy for everything from ulcerative colitis to cancer and those people will be extremely susceptible.
No the first documented case of Covid-19 in the US was in Washington state or northern California, sometime around the second week of January 2020. If I remember correctly it was traced back to someone who likely participated in the Asian New Year celebration and then returned home. As I recall there was reluctance to put a hiatus on travel because of all the celebration that was associated with the Asian New Year. The quarantine did not go into effect until immediately after that, but by then it was too late. So many travelers who attended were already loaded with the virus and winging their way back across the world to spread the virus.
This Candida sp. scares the hell outa me. It is a combination of Staph aureus and Candida albicans, both of which are endemic in the environment and are common skin contaminants, but this one is resistant to most every drug and if a person is infected, not colonized, it could kill them quite quickly. Think of a combination of a yeast infection and skin infection. Sadly, so many now are on immunosuppressive therapy for everything from ulcerative colitis to cancer and those people will be extremely susceptible.
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 6:16 am
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:19 am to DocYatesVA
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It is a combination of Staph aureus and Candida albicans
Not exactly.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:21 am to BCreed1
Oh no. We’re about to see doctored videos of people in China collapsing on the streets. Get your masks ready and don’t go outside unless you absolutely have to!
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