The Last Of Us: The science behind the real 'zombie' fungus - and is it an actual threat?

The Last Of Us: The science behind the real 'zombie' fungus - and is it an actual threat?

The second season of HBO's The Last Of Us is under way, bringing viewers back into a world where humanity has been pushed to the brink of extinction by a fungus that infects billions of people. Sky News has spoken to experts about whether the world's fungi really pose a threat.

A fungus/mold was used in US biowarfare experiments in America

I'm writing this now, because Celia Farber has written an article exploring a toxic connection between citric acid, a very common ingredient in food and nutritional supplements, and Aspergillus Fumigatus, a mold/fungus. That mold was used in secret US Army experiments on US citizens. NY Times, December 23, 1976: "In one test in a warehouse at Mechanicsburg, the Army used a fungal substance that it acknowledged could cause disease. The substance …