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To eradicate it after one patient died, a hospital in Brooklyn even “had to rip out some of the ceiling and floor tiles” in his room. - https://slate.com/techn

To eradicate it after one patient died, a hospital in Brooklyn even “had to rip out some of the ceiling and floor tiles” in his room. - https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/candida-auris-hospitals-superbug-spread-prevention.html https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/candida-auris-hospitals...

gingabriska 7y ago
I wonder what if some developed countries release these viruses in developing country with large population but not advance medical techniques. Would they be able to see evolution making people survive against this deadly fungus? Then simply understanding the mechanism might lead to development of new drugs.
- jbattle 7y ago
  Like polio, malaria, yellow fever, rotavirus, trachoma, hepatitis? Sadly we have plenty of pathogens of all stripes in common circulation already. Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote - but it kind of sounds like you are suggesting we knowingly infect some developing country with additional diseases, just to see what happens, in the hope it helps us make better medicine for ourselves? That would be kinda ... twisted
  - BoorishBears 7y ago
    This person's comment from two days ago: > If Norway wants to strive for sustainability they should be installing power plants in India and offering EVs and free charging ports there. In coming days, India is going to surpass all countries when it comes to net pollution. > I don't know why these rich countries never do anything to improve quality of life on whole planet. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
    - gingabriska 7y ago
      I am not here to take any position, I simply asked this because I suspect some country might have this trick in their playbook. I am not suggesting that countries should do this but I am expressing that it might already be in someone's list of strategy to save their country from the deadly virus.
- sli 7y ago
  What you're suggesting is eugenics.

gingabriska 7y ago

I wonder what if some developed countries release these viruses in developing country with large population but not advance medical techniques. Would they be able to see evolution making people survive against this deadly fungus? Then simply understanding the mechanism might lead to development of new drugs.

jbattle 7y ago
Like polio, malaria, yellow fever, rotavirus, trachoma, hepatitis? Sadly we have plenty of pathogens of all stripes in common circulation already. Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote - but it kind of sounds like you are suggesting we knowingly infect some developing country with additional diseases, just to see what happens, in the hope it helps us make better medicine for ourselves? That would be kinda ... twisted
- BoorishBears 7y ago
  This person's comment from two days ago: > If Norway wants to strive for sustainability they should be installing power plants in India and offering EVs and free charging ports there. In coming days, India is going to surpass all countries when it comes to net pollution. > I don't know why these rich countries never do anything to improve quality of life on whole planet. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
  - gingabriska 7y ago
    I am not here to take any position, I simply asked this because I suspect some country might have this trick in their playbook. I am not suggesting that countries should do this but I am expressing that it might already be in someone's list of strategy to save their country from the deadly virus.
sli 7y ago
What you're suggesting is eugenics.