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McCAUGHEY: Wokeness plaguing U.S. disease-control efforts

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Candida auris is spreading like crazy across the U.S. , sickening and killing hospital patients.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls it an “urgent” threat, but talk is cheap.

Between 30% and 60% of patients die after developing an invasive C. auris infection.

In 2024 , the CDC reported 4,514 cases in patients of all ages.

But instead, the CDC gave school administrators wacky advice to open the windows and keep desks six feet apart. The public deserves a CDC that can provide up-to-date scientific guidance. Mr. Secretary, this is your roadmap. The CDC has hundreds of projects that have nothing to do with stopping infectious diseases. Slash them and fortify the CDC to battle deadly contagions. Our lives could depend on it. Betsy McCaughey is a former Lt. Governor of New York State .

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