A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

Re:A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading by happyopossum on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:57AM (#48659932)

So a disease that has killed 11,000 people in a country with a population of >200 million over 30 years is a ‘ginormous outbreak’?

This kind of hyper-scary overreaction from the CDC official being quoted and other government agents is a big cause of the current loss of trust in those institutions.

A few years ago monkeypox was gonna kill all of us and our dogs, I get “extreme heat” and “severe weather” warnings for days where the weather is 20* below the annual peak in my home town, and now a fungus is going to kill me and my cats.

Ok boomer - just stop worrying please?

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Re:A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading by drdexebtjl on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @10:10AM (#48660195)

Infected 11,000, not killed.

From what I can tell, deaths are in the dozens (over 30 years).

I’m worried about the cats, though.

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Re:A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading by aardvark92 on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @10:53AM (#48660911)

If it had killed 11,000 people we’d be hearing much more about it. It made news that Ebola hit a record high of 1,000 cases this week.

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