Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels
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Health officials racing to identify cause of rise in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome – known as the ‘flesh-eating disease’ – which has a 30% fatality rate
  • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Ken Kikuchi, a professor of infectious diseases at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, says he is “very concerned” about the dramatic rise

    He believes the reclassification of Covid-19 was the most important factor behind the increase in streptococcus pyogenes infections. This, he added, had led more people to abandon basic measures to prevent infections, such as regular hand disinfection.

    No offense but it has nothing to do with hand washing lmfao. It has to do with the fact that you just voluntarily decided to collectively inhale a multi-organ damaging bioweapon which wrecks the immune system

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      But the pandemic is totally over right, we can all just get back to business as usual and pretend that covid is like a bad flu.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      7 months ago

      i can’t assess risk for shit, i’m so primed for ‘next plague’ but half of these things fizzle out. i was panicing about monkeypox lol… and as i looked to see which year that was (2022) theres a new outbreak in toronto? lmao

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        7 months ago

        i can’t assess risk for shit…

        Don’t worry - be happy. In the coming decades modern civilization will probably start to collapse in one way or another.

        i was panicing about monkeypox

        I bought antibacterial soap online and the day it was delivered I finally remembered that plain old soap is just as good. My panic disabled my brain from accessing that fact. But I did start religiously washing my hands which is only a good thing.

        theres a new outbreak in toronto

        Monkeypox in Toronto would be a great name for a band.