There is apparently a fungus that is floating around our hospitals and long-term care facilities that is creating some concern.
There has been a dramatic uptick in cases over the last two years.
The real problem is that doctors have not yet figured out a way to fight it.
Older at Risk
I have to tell you, I see why people start falling for conspiracy theories.
It would be quite easy to draw the conclusion that someone is trying to thin the herd in our elderly communities.
Just like the COVID virus, the Candida aurist, or C. Auris, is largely impacting people in long-term care facilities, with the most susceptible being our elderly community.
Cases have more than doubled since 2019, rising to 1,471 in 2021.
Dr. Frederick Davis, the associate chair of Emergency Medicine at Northwell Health on Long Island New York, stated, “Candida auris is a strain of yeast that has been found in hospital settings.”
He added that “many recent cases have been found to be resistant to commonly used medications to treat infection and in the limited number of cases have had a 30% to 60% mortality rate.”
He continued that the fungus “is usually not a threat to healthy individuals.
“In some people, it can reside on one’s skin and around the mouth or rectum and not cause any symptoms or concern.
“This is called asymptomatic colonization.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an “urgent” threat warning, so we will have to keep our eyes and ears open to see if we a sudden surge in cases.
Source: Fox News
