Deadly Fungal Infections Confound Doctors—‘It’s Going to Get Worse’ (archive.is)

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[-] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Boddhisatva@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Where are you that insect populations are exploding? All the reports for some time say that populations are declining globally.

[-] Ertebolle@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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.