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Ryan McCormick, M.D.'s avatar

I’m pretty concerned about Cordyceps and its ability to infect and commandeer other organisms, leading to zombie-like behavior. Some would argue this was frighteningly on display at the State of the Union Address, where multiple lawmakers uncontrollably screamed and menaced the President. Only Bernie Sanders wore an N95 mask, so the entire Congress has been exposed. About a year ago a similar but more violent phenomenon was witnessed outside the U.S. capitol building, with many injuries and a few fatalities reported.

I’ll look forward to watching this show, thanks for the scientific framework!

Also, a newer antifungal called ibrexafungerp (Brexafemme) has been FDA approved for candidal vaginitis, and shows great fungicidal promise against drug resistant C. auris. It has struggled to find market share as a medicine for yeast infections, but may be deployed more in the near future against resistant strains like you’ve mentioned here.

As far as efficacy against hyper-partisan, unhinged behaviors -I do not know.

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Michael DAmbrosio's avatar

Anyone enjoying this show should read “The Girl with all The Gifts” by MR Carey (or better yet listen, the narration by Finty Williams is incredible)

After the The Earth Abides this is my favorite Post Apocalyptic novel of all time.

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