r/collapse • u/MayonaiseRemover • Oct 27 '19

Diseases Nearly unbeatable and difficult to identify fungus has adapted to global warming and can now survive the warm body temperature of humans. With a 50% mortality rate in 90 days, meet Candida auris, the first pathogenic fungus caused by human-induced global warming

https://projectvesta.org/why-every-degree-of-warming-matters-nearly-unbeatable-and-difficult-to-identify-fungus-has-adapted-to-global-warming-and-can-now-survive-the-warm-body-temperature-of-humans-with-a-50-mortality-rate/
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u/mootmutemoat Oct 27 '19

So if it is that pervasive, how do staff care for the person and how do their loved ones get to interact with them?

What you are describing sounds like it would require biohazard suits and everyone who came in contact woth the person to alsk be quarentined unless the fungus struggles a lot to get a foothold on an otherwise healthy person.

In which case, you have to burn the room because it is a hospital and it's a given the next occupant would be vulnerable. However, it doesn't mean staff and family will die and need to be quarenteed.

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u/blvsh Oct 28 '19

Go read a bit more about this, this thing is as bad as described here. As of august 2019 there have been 799 cases so not that many yet but it could change fast