Game over: “Scientist say the failing to tackle fungal pathogens could lead to a ‘global health catastrophe’ & threaten the future food supply for us all, adding famine & malnutrition will kill people much quicker than Covid-19 did.” mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…
“In a rare case, a fungus found only in plants infected a man in India, raising concerns about the growing threat of micro-organisms jumping from one species to the other...
The unnamed patient is a mycologist, an expert who works with fungi & mushrooms.” trtworld.com/magazine/why-s…
“Higher temperatures were found to stimulate the fungus’s transposable ‘jumping genes’, accelerating the number of mutations and leading to adaptations in the way the genes are used and regulated.” euronews.com/green/2023/02/…
“While bacteria & viruses are well known drivers of infection & disease, pathogenic fungi have so far only caused minor problems for healthy people…But that might be about to change.
They are currently most dangerous to immunocompromised people.” (SO many are IC post-Covid)
“Fungí are…also extremely adaptable and many have developed resistance to common fungicides. Higher temperatures also drive the emergence of new variants of the fungal pathogens, while more extreme storms can spread their spores further afield.” theguardian.com/science/2023/m…
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