“In ‘The Last of Us’ universe, rising temperatures cause Cordyceps to evolve and adapt to human body temperatures. Concerningly, this somewhat parallels real life. Climate change is another risk factor for fungal diseases that has given rise to a worrisome pathogen. ‘What does concern me as an infectious disease physician is a relatively new fungus called Candida auris,’ says Roberts. ‘This fungus spreads person-to-person, which hasn’t really been reported before.’ First identified in 2009, the fungus thrives in higher temperatures and may foreshadow the growing dangers of evolving fungal species. Once C. auris gets into the bloodstream, it can cause severe infections. … ‘It emerged 10 years ago, all of a sudden, on multiple continents,’ he says. ‘This is why we think climate change was likely one of the reasons it came about.’”

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-last-of-us-apocalypse-is-not-realistic-but-rising-threat-of-fungal-pathogens-is/

So… more data centres, then?

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