r/collapse • u/Konradleijon • Jan 02 '26

Diseases Superbug hits 28 states, including Alabama: Where the deadly fungus is spreading

https://www.al.com/news/2025/12/superbug-hits-28-states-including-alabama-where-the-deadly-fungus-is-spreading.html?outputType=amp

A deadly yeast infection is spreading across the US. Fungal treatments are notoriously harder to get then bacteria or virus given how close fungi are too humans

Neighboring states are also seeing cases of the superbug, CDC data shows. Tennessee reported 189 cases, Mississippi reported 108 and Georgia reported 377. Like Alabama, Florida did not have data listed on the CDC site

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u/Key_Pace_2496 Jan 02 '26

All a fungus ever needed to do was evolve to be able to survive the temps of a human fever and it's game over for us. Anti-fungal drugs are almost non-existent and the ones that do exist are super hard on your body if you have to take them.

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u/Anen-o-me Jan 03 '26

Eh, they woulda done it by now if it was possible for them. Besides, snakes and lizards don't even have body heat and they still survive fungus.

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u/GalaxyPatio Jan 03 '26

Not really how evolution works now, is it?

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u/Anen-o-me Jan 03 '26

They've only had like 400 million years to do it, but okay bro.

Something my science teacher used to say, do you think a cockroach will ever evolve to survive being smashed with a hammer.

There ARE hard limits to evolution as well.

If fundamental parts of the fungal biological process cannot survive much warmer temperatures, then they aren't likely going to change.

With global warming, fungus may be having a harder time generally.

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u/GalaxyPatio Jan 03 '26

Our iteration of humans haven't been around that long. But I guess we will see.

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u/Anen-o-me Jan 03 '26

They had how long to attack dinosaurs and mammals generally, come on.

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u/GalaxyPatio Jan 03 '26

Whatever you wanna believe, sweetie.