the plot of The Last of Us Its main focus is the propagation of the fungus of the Cordycepsan infection that caused the death of thousands of people in the plot of the video game, now adapted into a series on HBO Max, which has led the scientific community to wonder if in life it is real it is possible for this to happen.
The Sydney Morning Herald, quoted in a report published on the website of Culture Leisureproduced a report in which he explains that there is concern among experts about the increase in fungal infections throughout the planet.
Doctor Claudia Simm warned that remedies against fungi are less and less effective: “It’s a bit daunting. (Fungi) are multi-drug resistant and we’re really running out of treatment options. This is not a simple toenail infection. It’s a really scary thing”.
For his part, his colleague Hanan H. Balkhy, current deputy director of antimicrobial resistance at the World Health Organization (WHO), also points out that the situation is getting out of control: “Fungal infections are growing and are becoming more resistant to treatmentsbecoming a public health problem worldwide”.
Crossing of opinions between experts
Expert forecasts are disturbing when learning that recent studies in India mention the death of diabetic patients with COVID-19 who underwent treatment that made them vulnerable to other infections.
Justin Beardsley, a professor specializing in infectious diseases, spoke about it: “They weren’t dying from COVID, they were dying from a fungal infection in their sinuses that spread to their brain. It was very revealing: these types of fungal infections could complicate a viral respiratory pandemic”.
However, there is a crossover between some scientists. Professor Ana Traven, co-director of a treatment program against bacterial threats, clarified that there is nothing capable of causing what the Cordyceps from The Last of Us: “There is definitely no fungus that would do such a thing to a human. It happens in the world of insects”.
Indeed, on Earth, Cordyceps is capable of infecting small insects through its spores, allowing it to take control of its host’s body..
