Taking a bit of a pragmatic approach and not dismissing that the DS would love to have everyone locked down again, there is some validity to the concerns of dangerous fungi that unfortunately are going to be dismissed by the public because of how bad the CDC f*cked the COVID response (either on purpose or through pure incompetence):
Drug-resistant fungi have been known as a potential danger for at least 2 decades (since the early 2000s).
There are far fewer antifungal drugs and most are from 1-2 classes like Azoles.
Fungi are eukaryotes, like humans, so it makes them harder to kill without harming human cells, which is the reason why antifungal development has lagged behind the others.
Azoles like Fluconazole have been used for treatment in humans, but also in agriculture, accelerating resistance. Warnings were starting to come out regarding overuse of Azoles in the early-mid 2000s.
Candida auris is the main drug-resistant one and the first big wave was in 2016 since it is deadly and lingered in healthcare facilities and came back to the forefront during COVID with more outbreaks. This is what they are warning about today.
However, there is a quite a bit a fear-mongering since Candida Auris is not airborne, no known fungi has high human-to-human transmission, and their 30-60% sounds way overly inflated since a simulated uncontrollable and drug-resistant fungi with human to human transmission and one that can linger on surfaces for weeks would have a CFR rate of 30-65% and be classified as worse than any pathogen pandemic ever as far as kill rate.
Even the article mentioned that people who had breathing tubes were already dying so they have no idea how many deaths might have been caused by the fungus.
Taking a bit of a pragmatic approach and not dismissing that the DS would love to have everyone locked down again, there is some validity to the concerns of dangerous fungi that unfortunately are going to be dismissed by the public because of how bad the CDC f*cked the COVID response (either on purpose or through pure incompetence):
Drug-resistant fungi have been known as a potential danger for at least 2 decades (since the early 2000s).
There are far fewer antifungal drugs and most are from 1-2 classes like Azoles.
Fungi are eukaryotes, like humans, so it makes them harder to kill without harming human cells, which is the reason why antifungal development has lagged behind the others.
Azoles like Fluconazole have been used for treatment in humans, but also in agriculture, accelerating resistance. Warnings were starting to come out regarding overuse of Azoles in the early-mid 2000s.
Candida auris is the main drug-resistant one and the first big wave was in 2016 since it is deadly and lingered in healthcare facilities and came back to the forefront during COVID with more outbreaks. This is what they are warning about today.
However, there is a quite a bit a fear-mongering since Candida Auris is not airborne, no known fungi has high human-to-human transmission, and their 30-60% sounds way overly inflated since a simulated uncontrollable and drug-resistant fungi with human to human transmission and one that can linger on surfaces for weeks would have a CFR rate of 30-65% and be classified as worse than any pathogen pandemic ever as far as kill rate.
They play both sides. A little truth laced with a lotta fearmongering.
Even the article mentioned that people who had breathing tubes were already dying so they have no idea how many deaths might have been caused by the fungus.