Next Pandemic Could Be Caused by Horrid Fungi, Scientists Warn

Many fungi have been known to grow resistant to treatments, heightening the stakes.

"What we worry about all the time in the fungal world, is fungi’s potential to cause human disease," Tom Chiller, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , toldFungi can evolve at extremely fast rates, turning into infections that are increasingly difficult to treat with antifungals. They can also force the immune system to turn against itself, a life-threatening condition known as sepsis.

According to the report, mortality rates shoot up by 25 percent in the case of antifungal-resistant pathogens. The use of fungicides in the agricultural industry, for instance, allows resistant fungi to grow stronger and develop potentially dangerous immunities. While they mutate more slowly than bacteria or viruses, generally speaking, fungi can adapt and reproduce in a great range of environments."Maybe resistance to one fungicide develops in one individual and resistance to another fungicide develops in another," Marin Brewer, a plant pathologist at the University of Georgia, told. "They can bring those resistances together through sexual reproduction and then it can explode.

That's why experts are calling for additional funding to study fungal pathogens. Scientists are already working onFungi are some of the most ubiquitous organisms on the planet — and in fact, many have proven to beSo

Bring it on,past caring now.😈

we're all doomed....

JasonSilva

hell no

When I was aRN, fungi infections were extremely hard to treat. And we didn’t have many med choices.

fungible

Like this one will be started by political or ideological motives.

Def in trouble if this happens

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