'Worrisome' deadly fungus spreading through US at alarming rate
The fungus, Candida auris, was identified in Asia in 2009 but was first reported in the US in 2016. The number of infections in the country has risen by 95% between 2020 and 2021.
'Worrisome' and 'deadly' - sounds as if it could be even more serious than a Met Office yellow triangle.
"But we don't want people who watched 'The Last Of Us' to think we're all going to die," Dr Javaid said.
"This is an infection that occurs in extremely ill individuals who are usually sick with a lot of other issues."
"This is an infection that occurs in extremely ill individuals who are usually sick with a lot of other issues."
Hmm - sounds like a tiny number of possible correlations which depend on the reliability of death certificates.
Since November, 12 people in the state have been infected with four "potentially associated deaths", according to the state's health department.
Since November, 12 people in the state have been infected with four "potentially associated deaths", according to the state's health department.
I wouldn't trust them to be candid about candida.
ReplyDeleteCandida auris? What's that, athlete's lug?
ReplyDeleteI thought it had already reached the White House, but maybe I'm wrong...
ReplyDeleteSam - or anything else. Veracity seems to be close to zero now.
ReplyDeleteJannie - yes it's a lug bug.
Scrobs - no you are right although joe hasn't caught it, as if he isn't actually alive.
Are they just cycling through different viruses / diseases until they find another one that makes healthy people shit themselves?
ReplyDeleteWhat will the next one be?
ReplyDeleteBucko - it seems like it. The media know we have been sensitised to infection scares so they probably hunt around for stories like this.
ReplyDeleteJames - could be anything, but flu might be a favoured candidate.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11893911/Covid-like-virus-lurking-UK-bats.html
ReplyDelete"Will Emu Flu Leap to Humans?" cries the Beeb. "Or Koala Cancer?"
ReplyDeleteAt least the badgers are keeping us all safe from Hedgehog Flu.
Alternatively:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/22/tanzania-detects-its-first-ever-cases-of-the-highly-fatal-marburg-viral-disease
Bucko - Covid-like is ideal because it could mean almost anything in media land.
ReplyDeletedearieme - it must be tempting to invent one such as "mouse mumps" to see if the cat population doubles in a year and supermarket shelves are emptied of cat food.