Remember all those weird fungal diseases people have been dying of (like Julie Powell, the wonderful author of Julie & Julia)? That COVID-aware people said were likely from #COVID-damaged immune systems?
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota shared this study last month showing that the rise in hospitalizations for fungal infections...was driven by COVID19-associated fungal infections.
#COVID-associated fungal infections had TWICE the death rate & FOUR TIMES the rate of needing to be admitted to the ICU.
"Regardless of the pathogens involved, COVID-19–associated fungal infections more frequently involved longer hospital stays, higher intensive care unit admission rates (a fourfold increase), more invasive mechanical ventilation receipts, & a higher in-hospital death rate (twofold increase) than non-COVID-19–associated fungal infections."
I agree. Pretty much everything to do with COVID is legitimately horrible. I do not understand how people manage to tell themselves it can be ignored without devastating consequences. I guess it's like the climate crisis.
Erin Conroy
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