Yes, the apocalyptic pandemic in HBO’s hit TV show is based on a real-life fungus. Are we doomed?
Alternately, you could argue that the show’s premise—rising global temperatures allowing the Cordyceps fungus to mutate, infect humans, and spread a zombie-like infection across most of the planet—is uncomfortably plausible.trigger apocalyptic civilizational collapse? To better understand the science behind the show—which airs its next episode on
The first episode of the series opens with a fictional talk show clip from the 1960s, in which two scientists discuss their fears for the future of global public health. One talks about the Cordyceps fungus, which is known to infect and overtake ants, turning them into “zombies.” Can you explain that?
The part where the scientist says that it’s going to become a pandemic when climate change happens, that part is not realistic. Yes, we are kind of seeing that. For a fungus to become pathogenic, they need a conducive environment—warm temperatures. Let’s say a fungus is causing diseases in some crops in Latin America. In the US, when the climate becomes warmer, these tropical fungi are going to start moving upwards towards us. And that has actually started to happen. When a new pathogen comes to an area, the humans, or plants, or whatever organism it infects, [they] won’t have the defenses for that.
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