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  Great. Linked to wildfires, too. I got "Valley Fever" in Oceanside about 20 years ago, just hanging out on the beach with an offshore wind. Construction and soil disturbance and spread the spores.
context: I had it in 2004. Lost part of my right lung and spent 28 days in a coma.
  Would not recommend. >
  
  Damn!! Sorry to hear, glad you pulled through!! >
  
  Partially anyway >
  
  my dad had a bad fungal lung infection a few years ago. my mom virtually became an expert on it. it’s becoming increasingly more common it’s very scary. i almost watched my dad die for 2 weeks straight at the age of 17 and id never wish it on anyone. >
  
  How did he get it >
  
  we don’t actually know. many ways have been theorized but our best guess is that he just inhaled it while doing yard work. the fungus he got is commonly found in the dirt and soil, he isn’t imuunocomprized either. in all odds he should have never gotten it, but he did