Deadly airborne fungus spreading in the NW USA

[sdowney717]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36722426/ns/health-infectious_diseases/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

It comes from inhaling spores that grow in trees and the mortality rate is very high up to 1 in 4 healthy people infected can expect to die.
The story reads like a movie plot of doom.

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/_Player/a_tdy_brown_spore_100422.300w.jpg



"public health officials in that area have formed a working group with state epidemiologists from all those states in the Pacific Northwest," Byrnes noted. "It's important that public awareness expand on this."

[dragos240]

Holy crap. Good thing I'm the north east USA. But I rally hope we find some sort of prevention method soon. Otherwise we're going to see medical masks everywhere.

[cprofitt]

That story is rather ominous.

[screaminj3sus]

Wow that's insane. Hope they find a way to prevent this.

[Austin25]

SHOOT!!! I live in Minnesota! I hope I'm part of the 75%!

[doorknob60]

In Oregon? Oh, just great....then why haven't I heard about this until now? Hopefully it's not too serious. Guess if I stay inside I'll be safe :P

[sudoer541]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36722426/ns/health-infectious_diseases/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

It comes from inhaling spores that grow in trees and the mortality rate is very high up to 1 in 4 healthy people infected can expect to die.
The story reads like a movie plot of doom.

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/_Player/a_tdy_brown_spore_100422.300w.jpg


[sarcasm] A new version of swine flu has been released... version 2.5.0. [sarcasm]
Come on!!! its no big deal nothing will happen... just relax and enjoy the summer!!!:P
Plus I live in Canada...so I dont care!!!

[LowSky]

Trees killing people? Its M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" in real life.

[Barrucadu]

How do they know it takes "months to years of antifungal medications"? Unless this has been kept secret for years (doubtful; but if so it's not anything new to worry about), they're just guessing.

[qamelian]

How do they know it takes "months to years of antifungal medications"? Unless this has been kept secret for years (doubtful; but if so it's not anything new to worry about), they're just guessing.
They know it takes months to years because this is a new strain of an existing fungus. This is not uncommon. My mother spent a little over 18 months being treated for an infection she picked up while in hospital for heart surgery. Some type of infections are highly resistant to treatment.

[Austin25]

It's revenge for making paper! :lolflag:

[pwnst*r]

The sky is falling.

[McRat]

Probably all those wingnuts who are busy hammering nails in trees to injure lumberjacks got the trees angry. No good deed goes unpunished I suppose...

[wilee-nilee]

Probably all those wingnuts who are busy hammering nails in trees to injure lumberjacks got the trees angry. No good deed goes unpunished I suppose...

Always a balanced non-biased comment how do you do that.

[sudoer541]

It's revenge for making paper! :lolflag:


LOL Loved it!!!!!
I think we should call Yoshi to eat those vicious trees...I found the solution!!!!:P
Bad, bad tree!!!

[jwbrase]

Well, I notice that they say that it's 1 in 4 who develops symptoms dies, not 1 in 4 exposed. Also, the predecessor strain hasn't killed many people, compared to the population of the pacific Northwest, despite having a 9% mortality rate. So I'm not sure it's quite as bad as they say.

That said: I am going to be vacationing in British Columbia later this summer...

[jwbrase]

Accidental double post do to network trouble. Removed.

[tgalati4]

I was in Buchart Gardens in 1999. I'm sure I breathed some spores.

I'm not dead.

Yet.