Medical experts say one reason for the surge is that more people have compromised immune systems, including cancer patients and those taking medicines after organ transplants. Compounding the problem, research shows, is that rising temperatures appear to have expanded the geographical range of some deadly fungal pathogens, and possibly made them better adapted to human hosts.
Literally the last of us
I’m fascinated at how much more we (at least the public) are discovering of the effects of climate change. Basic level was: hotter years, and then we discover new mechanics that comes with this change
insects populations exploding spreading blood borne disease is going to be a way bigger factor that fungus.
but there isn’t a TV show/video game about that.
The good news there is that we have a 77% effective malaria vaccine and a number of promising candidate Lyme vaccines - it may turn out that a great many insect-borne diseases can be prevented with vaccination once they start affecting people in rich countries.
If any of you are interested in a book that talks about new bizarre fungi associated with the increasing climate, I really recommend “The Fifth Extinction:An Unnatural History”, by Elizabeth Kolbert.
The book was published back in 2014, but scientists were already seeing similar effects on animals within the amazon. A lot of animals are thought to be at risk of extinction because of fungus associated with rising temperatures. There was a very big focus on amphibians and small animals. I could totally see that trend expanding across more species, especially after nearly another decade.
Thanks, will give it a read
I’m pretty sure I read that mammals originally evolved warm blood to help fight fungal infections. If you think about human body temp, it’s not much more than ambient temp in a lot of places now. In fact it’s often less
So when do we get zombies?
Go on facebook, you’ll find them.
I honestly wonder how much of this could be prevented by doing patient blood/tissue cultures to see what grows
The cynic in me says these things aren’t being done as often as they should be because they’re expensive and insurance companies like to fight to not pay for them
Dead people don’t pay premiums
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Oh this is like that tv show becoming reality.
You mean that documentary “The Last of Us”?
Yes the name was lost for a second in my brain lol.
