"You mean like Democrats?"
Posted on 10/16/2026 6:34:23 PM PDT by Libloather
A rare fungal infection that can strike healthy people is rising across the U.S., prompting calls from public health officials for heightened awareness and national tracking.
Cladophialophora bantiana (C. bantiana) is a black yeast-like mold that can infect the brain and contains a dark pigment called melanin, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Data from a microbiology laboratory at the University of Washington shows that detection of the fungus nearly quadrupled between 2023 and 2025.
Between January 2009 and July 2026, researchers identified 48 confirmed cases and one probable case of C. bantiana in tissue samples from 21 states and the District of Columbia. The median patient age was 68 years old.
Unlike many fungal infections that mainly affect people with weakened immune systems, about half of C. bantiana infections occur in otherwise healthy people.
Researchers believe the mold enters the body when it is inhaled or through a skin wound, then travels through the bloodstream to the brain.
The CDC report states that 88% of cases were detected in brain tissue samples and 12% were identified in lung tissue, supporting the theory that respiratory inhalation is one of the main transmission mechanisms.
The fungus causes a severe infection associated with a 60% to 70% fatality rate, even with aggressive medical intervention, according to a systematic review published in Medical Mycology.
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Makes one wonder if Leftists are carriers for a new strain of Cordyceps.
BOB HOPE: “Then maybe you know what a zombie is”
DOCTOR: “When a person dies and is buried, its seems there are certain voodoo priests who … who have the power to bring him back to life.”
WOMAN: “How horrible!”
DOCTOR: “It’s worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.”
BOB HOPE: “You mean like Democrats?”
Heh heh. GMTA.
BYLM.
LOL, when I saw this thread, I started typing furiously! But alas, always to come in second...:)
48 cases in ~15 years? Let’s say in a population of ~300 million?
Your chance of getting it in any given year is substantially less than your chance of getting struck by lightning.
That’s Just Great....
Black
Fungal
Death.
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BFD
That’s Just Great....
Black
Fungal
Death.
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BFD
That’s Just Great....
Black
Fungal
Death.
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BFD
Nice Try But;
BFD
Same here.
Toxic mold eh?
If so, that’s the stuff that can be found everywhere....my sweetheart had the wet coffee colored ceiling tiles broke, fell on her at her work desk, and fighting it since 2003.
The stuff messes everything, heart, guts, brain, lungs.
Fauci-Fungus among us.
More info here
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5553499/
ping
Maybe that’s what happened to Kamala Harris’s brain. She contracted it from Willie Brown.
TY. Hope you are doing well.
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