Fungal infections cause 3 x the number of deaths caused by malaria... really!? This 9min podcast explains.

[JigFettler]

"More or Less" Do fungi kill three times as many people as malaria?

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct3...

I feel this is worth sharing - we need to self advocate and part of that is self awareness of our infection risk environment. We can also help our doctors by alerting them early to potential problems.

Sobering stuff!

I am aware members know of this and hopefully can share further evidence.

Jig

Further discussion on this topic in A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus is spreading fast in US health care facilities, according to a new study

healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

- Admin

[pigeonCl-HU]

Thank you Jig, sobering stuff indeed; all I can say, those little tiny organisms are actually so fascinating....if only they were not so deadly.

You live and learn, I guess.

pigeon

[Kiwidi in reply to pigeonCl-HU]

Scary stuff! Hopefully most of us will be run over a bus before we are overtaken by these fungi!

[pigeonCl-HU in reply to Kiwidi]

I know, at least a bus is Big, so hopefully you can see it coming and run.🙃

pigeon

[bennevisplace]

Serious stuff from Charlotte McDonald. What happened to Tim Harford, he was more a fun guy.