The CDC is warning of the spread of Apophysomyces, a fungus
found in soil and normally harmless to humans, but which, if it
penetrates the skin through punctures and lesions will literally
eat the flesh and bones, causing massive necrotizing damage.
Predictably, global warming alarmists have leapt on to the
study, as puncture wounds caused by flying debris (as you might
expect in a tornado, for example) and warm weather are two of
the contingent conditions for the fungus to affect humans. David
Engelthaler, the lead author of the study that unravelled the
genetic code of the fungus warned it was unlike anything ever
seen before, leaving one patient needing a titanium ribcage
after it had eaten him away: The fungus that grows in soil and
water usually doesn’t cause harm unless it penetrates the skin.
Lesions form that destroy the soft tissue of the body, eating
away at flesh and bone. According to the CDC, infection with the
spore can cause “rapid and fatal” disease in humans and is often
unreported because it