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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36722426...ious_diseases/

 

Deadly airborne fungus in Oregon set to spread

The new, rare strain has killed 1 in 4 infected, researchers say

 

A deadly, airborne new strain of fungus has emerged in Oregon. It has killed nearly one out of four known affected people so far and might also attack animals ranging from dogs to dolphins. And it is likely to spread, researchers now warn.

 

The new strain known as VGIIc of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii not only targets humans but has also proven capable of infecting dogs, cats, alpacas, sheep and elk. Other strains have even infected porpoises.

 

Although it can spread to mammals, it does not jump from animal to animal. Instead, people and other animals get it from inhaling spores released by samples of the fungus that infect trees.

 

"It's in the environment, and we're exposed to the environment," researcher Edmond Byrnes III of Duke University Medical Center told LiveScience. "And the environmental range of this has been expanding."

 

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I live just north of this place.

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It takes months for symptoms to show up so who knows how many its infected... but as of now there is no vaccine and yeah 25% fatality rate

 

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Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

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total car deaths last 24h:

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

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This thing was just discovered

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:18 PM, karmakramer said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

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This thing was just discovered

 

last year:

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008764855_fungus20m.html

 

multiply that line of x's by 365.

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:21 PM, chaosmachine said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:18 PM, karmakramer said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

This thing was just discovered

 

last year:

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008764855_fungus20m.html

 

multiply that line of x's by 365.

 

My understanding is this is different because:

 

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"This novel fungus is worrisome because it appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people," Byrnes said. "Typically, we more often see this fungal disease associated with transplant recipients and HIV-infected patients, but that is not what we are seeing yet."
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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:18 PM, karmakramer said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

This thing was just discovered

 

last year:

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008764855_fungus20m.html

 

car deaths in last 365 days:

 

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great, i'm going to visit my friend at reed college (portland) this tuesday and will be there for a week for this renn faire thing. is there any way of knowing which direction it's likely to spread? should i be concerned?

 

btw your link is broken

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:28 PM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

great, i'm going to visit my friend at reed college (portland) this tuesday and will be there for a week for this renn faire thing. is there any way of knowing which direction it's likely to spread? should i be concerned?

 

btw your link is broken

 

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

 

I wouldn't be too concerned atm, this could just be really really overblown like chaos is insisting...

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There was a piece on Morning Edition of NPR this morning about this too. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126198896

 

Probably the next SARS/Bird Flu/Swine Flu. We'll see...

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

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bad attitude to take. this shit could spread and become much worse, put the effort in now while it's possible to eradicate it

 

 

lol though

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:35 PM, hautlle said:

There was a piece on Morning Edition of NPR this morning about this too. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126198896

 

Probably the next SARS/Bird Flu/Swine Flu. We'll see...

 

Much better article, seems it can't spread human to human.

 

Who knows if this is a risk, but I imagine something like this will be the beginning of the end for humans

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:37 PM, ezkerraldean said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

bad attitude to take. this shit could spread and become much worse, put the effort in now while it's possible to eradicate it

 

well, if it only managed to kill 5 people in the last year since they found it, i wouldn't be too concerned. you're ten times more likely to die from a lightning strike. here's a fatal fungus scare story from 1995:

 

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4208/is_19950324/ai_n10190237/

 

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"The other frightening thing about it it is elusive," said Heinen, of nearby Marion. "You never know when you are going to get the disease. The spores are only released at certain times and one day you can walk along the river and get it and the next day you won't."

 

super scary, right? well..

 

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"Some want to eradicate the disease. I guess people want safety and security but unfortunately we can't provide that with a naturally recurring disease," Heinen said. "All we can do is provide education and treatment. It's (blastomycosis) been here for thousands of years."

 

fungus has been around and killing people for a long time. if it was going to mutate into some super-death plague, it would have done it by now.

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been working on building up my immunity to the negative effects of mycological organisms for a while now, so ideally I'll just trip face

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:46 PM, chaosmachine said:

fungus has been around and killing people for a long time. if it was going to mutate into some super-death plague, it would have done it by now.

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if someone 1000 years ago knew about viruses affecting chimps they might have said the same thing - "if it was going to mutate to become human-transmittable and completely fuck over half the world, it would have done it already by now". but no, AIDS waited to start affecting humans until the 1950s.

 

 

mind you i dont know shit about fungi so yeah ignore me lol

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  On 4/23/2010 at 5:24 PM, chaosmachine said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:18 PM, karmakramer said:
  On 4/23/2010 at 5:12 PM, chaosmachine said:

Well, 5 people have died from it. In other news, 115 people die in car accidents every day in the US.

 

total fungus deaths since fungus was discovered:

xxxxx

 

total car deaths last 24h:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

This thing was just discovered

 

last year:

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008764855_fungus20m.html

 

car deaths in last 365 days:

 

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The fungus isn't as widespread as driving. If driving had a 25% fatality rate, we'd be fucked.

 

But yeah, I agree that most things like this that are discovered don't tend to spread too far.

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  On 4/23/2010 at 8:07 PM, scones to die for said:

I'm kind of curious where in Oregon all this has happened.

 

Here's a map of reported cases

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looks like Portland, Corvallis, and Eugene?

 

Wasnt there another deadly spore kind of a deal floating a round vancouver island a few years ago?

 

http://www.terracedaily.ca/go2311a/DEADLY_SPORES_SPREADING

 

Apparently the same bug?

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We're all gonna die! :wtf:

 

If it's quick and painless I don't mind.

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