A form of fungus that is known for attacking transplant patients and AIDS sufferers is spreading to healthy people and animals.
Cryptococcus gattii, which is airborne because it is spread by spore production is said to have a 25% mortality rate.
The report claims that the fungus is spreading into the Western portion of Northern US, and (of course) a link to climate change could not be resisted as the possibility of warmer temperatures helping its spread was raised after explaining that it can be killed by freezing.
If this fungus prefers warmer climes, would it not be originating from warmer regions?
I can predict the outrage if someone were to link the spread to the spread of HIV and AIDS.
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