Fungus Immune to Drugs Secretly Sweeps Globe

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7Ap 2019 New York Times frontpage: Fungus Immune to Drugs Secretly Sweeps Globe

Candida auris: What You Need to Know
What You Need to Know About Candida Auris

 

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The best fungicide is boiling water on the item. Afterward, if it is an item of clothing, a good detergent wash adds a good final touch. Do not count on fabric softener, which contributes to allergies, according to my source.

American Indians had a very effective method of ridding their simple kitchens of troublemaking microbes. They rubbed surfaces of everything they finished using with relation to food processing including dishes. and they rubbed, and they rubbed. There were a whole bunch of them here, too before Europeans brought over many childhood and adult illnesses.

Armies have been known to eradicate difficult populations to conquer: There were also cases of the introduction of smallpox in which there was no indication of intent. Such was the case of the very first smallpox epidemic in the Americas, which took place in Mexico in 1520-21. The index case was an African servant/slave called Francisco de Baguia, who had come over with Narváez to arrest Cortés. He was instead defeated, with much of his force defecting to Cortés. The epidemic that followed is estimated to have killed up to as much as 40-50% of the population of the Valley of Mexico, with similar results as it spread throughout Mesoamerica. In many cases, such as the epidemic among the Tarascans, the disease preceded any European, instead traveling along well established routes of trade and contact. Another famous case was at Plymouth, where the colonists (and native to the region Tisquantum) arrived to find the area already scourged by disease. Did Europeans intentionally spread diseases to Native Americans? Where they even aware of their actions? : AskHistorians

 

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Squanto is reminiscent of Joe-Pye, the Massasoit medicine man who cured fever with the plant that went on to bear his name. Candida auris would likely mutate against it and become resistant:

Eutrochium
Eutrochium - Wikipedia

 

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C. auris: 587 Cases, New York, Chicago, New Jersey
'Serious global health threat': At least 587 cases of deadly fungus reported, CDC says