- 18 May 2021 22:42
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... g2NjM4NwS2
Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World
These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them.
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It resisted treatment by most of the few drugs that could be used against it. It thrived on cold hard surfaces and laughed at cleaning chemicals; some hospitals where it landed had to rip out equipment and walls to defeat it. It caused fast-spreading outbreaks and killed up to two thirds of the people who contracted it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... g2NjM4NwS2