#Strep, #bacterial & #fungal infections are all on the rise, along with our beloved and protected viruses such as #covid, #rsv, #flu, #measles and as a side effect/bonus, #pneumonia. Our society is hard at work ensuring we get sicker and sicker, over and over again, allowing these bugs to thrive and - eventually - dominate.
This behaviour strikes me as... curious.
I will have no part of it. I will protect myself and those around me by extracting myself from risky public situations, and using a high-quality #respirator like an #n95 anytime I am around other people. No bugs in, no bugs out.
@br00t4c
Yep.
Opportunistic #fungal infections will be everywhere in the very near future (FWIW, I think they are now, just not being collated and reported).
Why?
Because #COVIDisNOTover
"Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure #fungal#disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per year, mostly in California and Arizona. Two decades later, cases of Valley fever are exploding, increasing more than sevenfold and expanding to other states.
And Valley fever isn’t alone. Fungal diseases in general are appearing in places they have never been seen before, and previously harmless or mildly harmful #fungi are turning deadly for people." https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2023/how-climate-change-could-make-fungal-diseases-worse
"At least five people in #Texas have been hospitalized with suspected #fungal infections in their brains and spinal cords that developed after traveling to #Mexico for cosmetic surgeries involving #epidural#anesthesia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [#CDC] warned this week."
You can already turn mycelium into a form of leather, though the normal process of doing so outright kills the fungal cells in the material. Not so much living clothing that could heal itself.
Now, Newcastle University scientists have developed a new leathering process that keeps the chlamydospores alive.