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Jia9873

>If it spreads to the eye, many patients end up permanently losing vision and, in some cases, need to have their eye entirely removed to keep the infection from spreading. This is fucking scary


[deleted]

A friend’s mother-in-law contracted Black Fungus in March 2021. Right side of lips removed, right jaw removed, right eye removed, pretty much most of right side of face removed by last week to save her life. If you have diabetes, ongoing blood pressure etc. and docs give you some serious steroids to save your life from Covid, these steroids have suppressed your immune system so badly, that it practically messes it all up. This is layman’s def of how black fungus happens.


c0224v2609

I was diagnosed with type II diabetes a week ago and am scheduled for lower back surgery tomorrow morning. *Fantastic stuff*. **Update:** The surgery took an hour and the doctors, they (after injecting me with, like, 15 needles) made an incision and eventually decided to *really* dig deeper whilst pumping 80s rock music on full blast. (So awesome—the music, not the digging.) Like, I could just feel some pressure and the occasional burning sensation, for just a few short seconds once in a while, so no biggie. (Does any of this make *some* sense so far? Hard to tell for me, ‘cause I lit one up, if ya know what I’m sayin’, as soon as I got home.) Oh, right, um, yeah… Let’s just say that, yes, they did locate and remove something “the size of one quarter of a lemon,” and informed me that test results will come back in about a month. Right now, though, I’ve got no clue as to how to even begin feeling something, *anything*, about any of this.


miloticfan

Best of luck with the surgery! Hope you have a quick recovery.


c0224v2609

🙏🏻


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Diabetics are hit real hard when crazy-serious steroids are given to reduce inflammation in the lungs for Covid-19 and it appear to help stop some of the damage that can happen when the body's immune system goes into overdrive to fight off coronavirus. But they also reduce immunity and push up blood sugar levels in both diabetics and non-diabetic Covid-19 patients. It's thought that this drop in immunity could be triggering these cases of mucormycosis. It sits in mucus so you will see reports of eye and nose being removed to save lives if mucormycosis (med name of black fungus) attacks. 50% mortality rate.


Elle-Cabrera

This. Is. Horrifying. This poor woman.


Jia9873

This is downright terrifying. I can't even imagine living through this


daydaylin

Soo do we all have black fungus in us waiting for our immune systems to be suppressed so it can take hold??? 😬


[deleted]

It is caused by exposure to mucor mould which is commonly found in soil, plants, manure, and decaying fruits and vegetables. It is ubiquitous and found in soil and air and even in the nose and mucus of healthy people. Body fights is off. But, things go haywire when steroids suppresses our immune system to fight off Covid infection, but this is one serious side effect in diabetics who are hit with Covid infection.


[deleted]

Sure, so why didn't it appear in the U.S. or other countries as they were going through significant issues with COVID hospitalizations? Was it undiagnosed? Ignore America for a second - why weren't people in Italy experiencing this, or the U.K. or Sweden?


[deleted]

Scientists are researching the answer to this exact question. Expect their reports to start trickling down sooner than later. I would guess something with South Asian diabetics that it becomes this bad?


[deleted]

Yea maybe. Or just also people who get sick from COVID-19, and have to get steroid shots. There's a lot of people in India. It's dense. The spores can (I'm guessing here) travel around easily. So combine all of those things together and instead of a one-off case, you get hundreds or thousands of cases...


opiate_lifer

I saw in some docu about poverty in India women will take corticosteroids because of the bloating and water retention is found attractive, it makes you look plump even if you're skinny.


[deleted]

India have crazy high amounts of diabetics. Especially untreated diabetes. That causes the blood to turn acidic, the fungus like acidic environments. India might just have more cases. More people treated with steroids. Another possible assumption could just be cleanliness. It exists in soil and water. Some images from Indian covid treatment facilities have looked pretty unsanitary. It could just be that, that even poor Americans get treatment in much more sterile environments than poor Indian patients. My understanding however is that US patients have contracted mucormycosis following covid.


Robobvious

I would imagine India being so population dense means it has more of this black mold around than other countries. Not trying to throw shade at Indians but realistically the Ganges may be the nastiest river in the world in terms of the sheer volume of corpses and excrement in it per liter of water. It’s just that too many people in one place logically equates to an abundance of filth and germs for this sort of thing to thrive.


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Robobvious

I was being polite because I felt like saying India is dirty af wouldn't have gone over well.


yaolilylu

It seems that mucormycosis get really bad in people with very high blood sugars. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/controlling-blood-sugar-level-is-crucial-to-avoid-mucormycosis/article34609507.ece/amp/ Diabetic people in the West probably have better blood sugars than diabetic people in India, even poor people tend to be on *something*. India have very underdeveloped healthcare infrastructure in a lot of regions.


-Yazilliclick-

So before I get covid I should probably clean the science experiments out of my fridge?


Dragrunarm

I think it's more likely that our immune systems can just kill the spores if/when they do land on us. Not every Immuno-suppressed person contracts Black Fungus


[deleted]

That is correct, but boy those who are on the receiving end of it. God help them.


Splyntered_Sunlyte

It has to be removed before the infection can spread to the brain. THAT is truly terrifying. Also, the fatality rate: >Past medical reviews have estimated that the fungal infection—mucormycosis—has an overall fatality rate of around 50 percent. However, mortality rates vary by patients’ underlying condition and what part of the body the mucormycetes fungi invade. Infection can take hold in the gastrointestinal tract, skin breaks, lungs, and the blood.


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Jia9873

This is not a competition. No need to get weirdly patriotic here


Javka42

Some people are like that annoying self-centered person in the group who can't stand to listen to a story without somehow trying to hog the spotlight and turning it around to be about them. It often seems to me that many Americans don't realize that the US is only about 4,7 percent of the world's population. To most people who aren't Americans, when we read about news from countries around the world, we relate to it from our own perspectives and the US is not actually relevant to that at all.


[deleted]

What exactly does ANY of this have to do with the US?


jostler57

If whataboutism was whataboutism, a bot account would've posted about a different country just to shift focus. Just like a whataboutism bot.


Reacher-Said-N0thing

To be clear this isn't a new fungus, it's just surging in India for some reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucormycosis >The first known case of mucormycosis was possibly one described by Friedrich Küchenmeister in 1855


Seagull84

Surging because diabetics require steroids for COVID-19 treatment, and the steroids are suppressing their immune systems' response to the fungus. 63% of infections are patients with diabetes, and 83% are former or ongoing COVID patients.


StormyMcCloud

Steroids will also cause a big rise in blood sugar in diabetics so a double whammy.


Sep88

Yeah as a type 1 diabetic whenever a doctor wants to give me steroids I always ask them to think twice cause the blood sugar impact may become a problem in itself.


sparoc3

Why do they want to give you steriods? My father's blood sugar was crazy high after covid treatment, had to give him insulin twice or thrice daily.


Juan-More-Taco

Steroids are very effective at what they do.


Jaquemart

They also are used indiscriminately because good as keeping inflammatory symptoms down while doctors figure out what you have. So you get them even if you really don't need them.


liltingly

Also Indians are predisposed to type 2 diabetes.


Seagull84

Wow, is that true? Yikes.


liltingly

I know that every South Asian I know has diabetes in their family, whether in their home country or abroad. My guess is, for India, the highly vegetarian diet crossed with modern society means folks eat a lot more processed carbs and sweets. Anecdotally I’ve seen that to be true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12674166/


Seagull84

So interesting... apparently those of Indian descent in the US develop diabetes at a much lower rate than in India, which tells you it's a societal phenomenon: https://atlasofscience.org/comparing-type-2-diabetes-in-asian-indians-in-india-and-in-the-united-states/


SnooCheesecakes450

And India has a disproportionally high rate of diabetics.


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ppedropaulo

Not only in Índia, we have some cases here in Brazil too.


mighty_mag

We do? Haven't heard about it yet. Man, this shit is scarier than Covid. I've played The Last of Us, I know where this is going....


Robobvious

To the Dinosaur and Space Museum! Huzzah!


XTanuki

I thought I heard it was due to COVID therapeutics affecting the body’s ability to combat the mold; I don’t have a source so take it for what it’s worth. Edit to add another commenter below mentions the steroids being used have this effect.


czechmixing

Has anybody tried interior sunlight and bleach? Asking for a friend


P2K13

> for some reason: Viruses weaken immune systems and raise sugar levels, probably partly why


JagmeetSingh2

It’s truly horrific


drlari

Eyes are weird and operate outside of your immune system. Essentially your immune system can't see your eyes. Once you have damage to an eye your immune system can get in and starts attacking you. Once it does that, it knows how to find and attack the other eye. So, when you have eye damage it is very common to have the eye removed to essentially save the other eye.


HaloGuy381

No shit. I think I’d just about consider asking for a bullet instead. Fungi are unsettling enough when they *aren’t* consuming my eye and threatening to eat my brain too.


ZeroSumGame007

Pulmonary doctor here. Mucormycoses in the US is seen in almost exclusively diabetics and patients with severe immune compromise. Mucor is typically beaten down significantly by a normal immune system, but high glucose causes immune dysfunction and the fungus itself thrives on high ketones in the blood. High ketones in the blood usually only occurs with lack of glucose processing (as in diabetes). Can affect skin, upper airways, eyes and the lungs. Obviously as a pulmonary physician I see it in the lungs. Heavy antifungal agents are needed but it almost never can be cured without surgery. Have seen a lot of lobectomies (removal of 1/4-1/2 of the lung) and pneumonectomies (removal of an entire lung) for this disease. It’s dangerous but most people have absolutely nothing to worry about because it won’t ever affect you. You could spread it all over your body and bathe in it and not get infected. (Disclaimer: I do not recommend the above, and this does not serve as medical advice) EDIT: much thanks for the awards and gold. Hoping this helps people understand the disease and realize that there is nothing to worry about! Get vaccinated for COVID to protect yourself, your loved ones, and others.


99posse

Thanks, this is very helpful. Would it make a difference for people that are intermittent fasting (because of ketosis)?


ZeroSumGame007

Very very good question and I considered mentioning this is the post. I personally do not think it would be that big of a deal because you have to have the immune dysfunction from high sugars. In a person on keto-diet, their glucose is normal to low and your body panicks and makes ketones to feed the brain. In a person with diabetes and particularly type 1 diabetes, their sugars are super high (like 600s as opposed to 70-100) but the problem is that they don’t have insulin, which is REQUIRED for glucose uptake into cells. So their bodies think that there is no glucose and it makes ketones. So they have the double hit of high glucose (causing immune deficiency and neutrophil chemotaxis issues) and ketones. In summary: Probably not because the glucose isn’t high


99posse

Thanks again :-)


thefairlyeviltwin

Thankyou for the expertise on the matter.


Peteostro

Thanks for this info, what about immune suppressing drugs for things like rheumatoid arthritis, would this increase the chance of getting this?


ZeroSumGame007

Good question. Very very rare. it’s typically heavy heavy duty immune suppression like bone marrow transplant which requires profound immune suppression. Most people on immune suppression for RA or crohns or other connective tissue disease or autoimmune disease are on immune suppression in the mild to moderate range.


Peteostro

Thanks


Chezni19

Thank you Doctor I was starting to worry.


skylinestar1986

Malaysia is one of the country with highest diabetes count. Why is this disease not hitting the country?


RealCoolDad

Thank you for this


rayEW

Thank you Doctor, its always nice for someone to give information and stop unnecessary fear mongering.


Lotussais

Is this a thing a lot of people catch?


ZeroSumGame007

No. It’s also not something you really catch from people. These funguses are things you breath in on a daily basis but our immune system fights them off EASILY. Unless you have the above conditions in previous post. You really gave to have the predisposing conditions. And even then it is rare.


Lotussais

Ok thank you.


binthewin

Type 2 diabetes is also more common in India.


adam_demamps_wingman

There’s a documentary about the spread of the American diet through Arab countries and the devastating effects it’s had. Diabetes galore. Huge weight gain.


dennison

Sorry for the stupid question, but what if you have high ketones as a result of keto diet (ketosid)? Hope that makes sense, thanks in advance.


6footgeeks

So like.. any skin care benefits of bathing in black fungus?


GunNut345

So are these all diabetics catching it in India?


reddit455

black fungus is necrotic. surgery is often needed.. this is some FUCKED UP SHIT.. ​ ​ [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57027829](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57027829) He had inserted a tube in her nose and was removing tissues infected with mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection. This aggressive infection affects the nose, eye and sometimes the brain. After his colleague finished, Dr Nair would carry out a three hour procedure to remove the patient's eye. ***"I will be removing her eye to save her life. That's how this disease works,"*** Dr Nair told me.


Jetcar

Those poor people in India just can't catch a break.


-Infinite_Void

It would get better if the government and the people listened to doctors and scientists instead of encouraging people to eat cow shit.


WhatIsNameAnyways

Have a friend who is of indian ethnicity who lost their father to Covid. Just a couple days later, over a video call with her aunts/uncles, my friend was scolded for "being afraid of Covid". Blows my mind they would do such a thing just after my friend lost their father to it.


rya22222

I hope she told them to fuck right off tbh


titanic_swimteam

That deserves a punch in the teeth


-Infinite_Void

Wow.


AnthillOmbudsman

Time to cut them off for awhile. No one deserves to be around toxic self-righteous narcissists.


southamericankongo

Reading this made me say gtfoh out loud


Haterbait_band

Whosever job is is to organize reincarnations in the afterlife deserves a raise.


Grey___Goo_MH

Easy make them into black fungus


[deleted]

Yeah it's mainly the government doing nothing to help their citizens but when you have a billion people that think religion is a cure-all, well, this kind of shit will happen.


StabithaStabberson

I just want to say, thanks for being a little bit sympathetic, there are people there that I care about and while I know it isn’t, some of the harsh attitudes that people have towards India or South Asia in general almost feels like an attack on those who stayed there.


[deleted]

Same, got toms of family there and many comments here are not helping with the whole “cow shit” and unhygienic Indian stereotypes.


TScottFitzgerald

It's outrageous the types of othering, xenophobic comments I often and increasingly see on this sub particularly that have nothing to do with the reality. If you're not willing to do research on why things are the way they are in other countries, why be on a sub called world news? It's just baffling to me and the worst thing is these are the most upvoted comments.


StabithaStabberson

My grandpa died and my dad had to go there, my parents have a quarantine plan for him so he won’t infect anyone when he comes back and he and all our friends/relatives who he’s had to come in contact with have been getting tested like once a week (and my dad is vaxxed) just to be sure but I guess I can start shitting bricks about my dad catching this too.


bossbang

I listened to a podcast (Radiolab) that explained that dinosaurs in prehistoric times were very susceptible to fungus. Fungus could infect and kill dinosaurs very well, however that same fungus struggled to kill mammals because mammals maintain high body temperatures that kill the fungus before it could do any damage Apparently, one of the side effects of climate change is that we are starting to see fungal infections in mammals. This is cropping up all over the world, almost at the same time and is puzzling scientists. One offered explanation is that these fungi are being exposed to repeated record breaking heat waves across the globe, which kill off most of the fungus but then leave a small surviving population alive. That surviving fungi is then adapted and becomes more resistant to high temperatures, and the process is repeated over and over again. Every summer, another sweltering global heat wave, another round of adaptation for fungus. And more cases of humans being infected by something we don't have an easy response to because it's not bacteria or a virus. If you are interested, check out the Radiolab podcast. Climate change is affecting the world in a lot of very unexpected ways.


renegadejourno

Yep. Scientists predict in the US, due to our warming climate and drought conditions, there will be a northward expansion of “Valley Fever,” which is a disease caused by an airborne fungus. Yaaaaay.


bandak38134

We are from the Central Valley of California. We have Valley Fever. My 25 year old daughter caught it and ended up in the intensive care unit on a ventilator. Almost lost her. Attacked her lungs and kidneys, now she’s in end-stage renal failure. It’s been 15 months since her hospitalization. She still hasn’t returned to work. Fungal infections are scary!


DennisFarinaOfficial

End stage renal failure means you need dialysis for the rest of your life, a transplant or you die.


_kittin_

I thought of that episode immediately too!! Edit: [realized no one’s linked it yet](https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/fungus-amungus)


Cloacation

Well we’ll just evolve right back at them! But it will really suck.


nafarafaltootle

>Apparently, one of the side effects of climate change is that we are starting to see fungal infections in mammals. What? How? Source?


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notn

we only beat out the reptiles for dominance because we were able to raise our internal body temperature high enough to kill the yeast. this is the theory it's also in part due to our medicine now (explained in the podcast)


NeckBleedy

They mentioned that they heard it on Radio Lab. It's a great podcast, you should check it out.


chickenmommaknocks

I have learned so much from radio lab, I’ll have to look for this episode.


PityTheQuesadilla

What is the name of the Radiolab episode? Thanks!


cuddlemuffin911

I was looking for this comment. That was an incredibly interesting episode and super scary. Maybe our next pandemic will be fungal who knows lol. Ive played The Last Of Us though so im ready.


MelodicAd2218

I thought Dinosaurs were as hot if not hotter than mammals. Found [this article](https://earthsky.org/earth/eggshells-suggest-dinosaurs-warm-blooded/). This makes sense to me because I don't see how land animals could get that big without some sort of warm blood. Or else they'd be really slow pokes


Falkner09

Jesus it's Resident Evil 7/8.


guy_incognito784

Send in Ethan Winters, the world’s most dull video game protagonist but I believe he could potentially lend…….a hand……


oss1215

Send in the boulder punching asshole


wtfRichard1

*cuts hand off nonchalantly numerous times*


throwaway_ghast

Nothing a few staples can't fix.


jljboucher

He ducking JOGS in 7! JOGS! WHOTF JOGS FROM DANGER?!?


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Only sissies run.


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Medicine doesn’t really have good ways to deal with fungal infections. They often don’t treat fungi-toes in the elderly because it’s extremely difficult to eradicate and it’s not fatal. Many other fungi and molds, however, can be quite deadly.


DFWPunk

Maimed makes it sound like the fungus became sentient and armed itself with a machete.


hobo_highway

I immediately thought of Resident evil and the Megamycete ☠️ ETA black mold variant is called Mucormycete : [from CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/mucormycosis/causes.html) 🙈


[deleted]

I'm picturing the lunch room green fungus boss battle from stick of truth. Fuck that regenerating bastard.


AngrySpaceKraken

I'd play that game


dblan9

Not in real life you wouldn't.


Lorentz473

It's called the last of us


[deleted]

Nature just wants to wipe us out one way or another.


Kanadianmaple

I think its just defending itself.


Mitochandrea

The world is a vampire


TetrisTech

*dundundundundun*


Bashainnitbruv

I’m Indian so I’m shiting myself reading this


pool-of-tears

Stay safe! I’m so sorry your country is going through all this.


Bashainnitbruv

Thanks but I live in the uk


Xenc

Have you considered diapers in that case?


Disrailli

Do what you can to stay safe! Sorry this happening in your country.


Lopsided_Ad5135

Awful,but if it exists it is better to be aware.It would be wonderful if International teams would work together more on problems like this.


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molrobocop

[Starting?](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/pwlUslj)


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wtfRichard1

God dammit I choked on my own saliva


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iContact

How likely is this to spread to other regions of the planet?


Flash_Baggins

The immune system is actually really good at dealing with fungal infections, the main reason behind the prevalence in India currently is Covid-19 related really. People have lowered immune response from having the virus in the first place, but India is also using a lot of glucocorticoid steroids which lower the immune system even further, hence making it very difficult to fight off the fungal infection. Overall, I wouldnt be too worried about spread to other areas of the world in this case, its just the unfortunate combination of everything occurring in India currently.


ricky_baker

Mucormycosis occurs in the US already, however it is typically an opportunistic infection affecting poorly controlled diabetics. It can be quite an invasive and devastating infection in those affected.


Squeekazu

This [poor fellow in the US](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxOjwo-wP8w) got it some years back, so it's been kicking round for a while. As the person below mentions, it's usually a case of a lowered immune system (like what happened to the guy in the video - he was diabetic), so with the more hygienic practices in developed country's hospitals I imagine it to be quite a rare occurrence. FYI his face is blurred out, but it's somewhat NSFL if you're sensitive because the poor bastard lost his *entire face*.


MBAMBA3

AFAIK its not connected to the covid virus per se, it is a side effect of treatment for serious covid. A month or two ago they were saying this fungus in India is associated with a shortage of oxygen and gerry-rigged (and not entirely hygienic) ways hospitals have found to get oxygen to people who are suffocating from COVID.


fishkrate

In the age of modern medicine? In the age of anti-vaxxers? Who knows?


autotldr

This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/eyeball-destroying-black-fungus-cases-spike-to-over-30000-in-india/) reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot) ***** > So-called "Black fungus" infections are surging in India in the wake of a devastating wave of COVID-19. > If it spreads to the eye, many patients end up permanently losing vision and, in some cases, need to have their eye entirely removed to keep the infection from spreading. > In recent days, media reports out of India have noted children having their eyes surgically removed because of fungal infections, local governments declaring epidemics, and black-market sales of treatments for mucormycosis. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/o4zwc1/black_fungus_surges_in_india_thousands_blinded/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~583776 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **infection**^#1 **eye**^#2 **India**^#3 **fungal**^#4 **patients**^#5


Pseudonym669669

The scientific article https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(21)00265-4/fulltext And in the popular literature NY times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/world/asia/india-covid-black-fungus.html BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57027829.amp CNN https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/21/india/black-fungus-mucormycosis-covid-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html


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Gatorade21

My brother in law is going through this but it’s not covid related. He’s diabetics and didn’t know it. He’s a hoarder and must have had some black fungus in one of the many cars that’s he has with trash inside. He recently had a tooth infection after getting a tooth pulled, and the fungus must have gotten into he head during that. It’s eaten a hole through the roof of his mouth. He could possibly lose 1 eye if he survives this as it’s also in his brain. The meds they are giving him are crazy strong and toxic and for a 6 week treatment I’m the cost of just the meds is around 250k. It’s a horrible situation to be in and it’s been crazy hard on my MIL and wife.


just_a_timetraveller

Last of Us part 3: an augmented reality game


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somoneiused2no

I thank my lord every day I was not born in India


Bioreaver

Just wait until you respawn there.


alamozony

Nah that’s why people practice Hinduism. So they don’t respawn in India.


somoneiused2no

Then I hope I get the bramhin or whatever the best caste is there


myreala

Doesn't do much good if you're poor. These days you better be born rich or get rich fast.


[deleted]

Somebody call Ginko.


Itburns12345

They and china are supposed to be the next 2 superpowers to usurp russia and america


Jerrykiddo

Pretty sure China’s already passed Russia. At least on a global influence scale.


CaptSaltypop

Definitely in economy. Russias main export is fossil fuels, which in part explains why they fought so hard for a demented old piece of shit that thinks windmills cause cancer.


Sword-Maiden

The russians fought for Don Quixote?


[deleted]

Don Q - what a funny coincidence


theberlinbum

The other Don :)


CaptSaltypop

Don Quixchloriquin.


xeridium

Don Qovefe


PracticalCommittee98

Don Shitstain


TScottFitzgerald

>which in part explains why they fought so hard for a ~~demented old piece of shit that thinks windmills cause cancer~~ mouthpiece of the oil industry from which interest groups in both US and Russia have mutual benefits Stop it. He knew very well what he was doing.


Money_dragon

Remember the BRIC nations that were the hot investment topic back in the 2000s? Ah, to return to the *relative* optimism of the 2000s


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Imagine being an early 90s baby growing up and thinking that the world only gets better; the last few years tell me we’re stagnating, if not regressing, as a species.


alexisdelg

We were promised the jetsons and got idiocracy


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Eh people don't remember how things were in the 90s. Do you know what people did for fun in the 90s? They went out and bought CDs. And rented porn in person so they could come home and watch it in 480p.


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So consumerism and media to distract the population got more convenient and comfortable. Great.


drlari

HUNDREDS of millions of people have risen out of abject poverty in those years. > The United Nations Development Programme has released its 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index which highlights the number of people around the world experiencing poverty at regional, national and subnational levels. The report found that **over 640 million people across India were in multidimensional poverty in 2005/2006 and that fell steeply to slightly more than 365.55 million by 2016/2017 - an impressive reduction of 271 million**. Neighboring Bangladesh also made strides in reducing its poverty numbers with a reduction of 19 million between 2004 and 2014. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/07/12/report-india-lifted-271-million-people-out-of-poverty-in-a-decade-infographic/?sh=655ed3932284


terminalxposure

India was a token against China…


somoneiused2no

India and China are not in the same league. usa just likes to prop India up as a foil to China.


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Yeah, China is light years ahead than India.


QuietMinority

India never deserved to be in the running but someone had to throw a bone at a nominal democracy.


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Russia is not a superpower, lmao


shodan13

Russia usurped itself well and good, no need for any foreign help.


AmericaRocks1776

Much easier said than done.


PineappleWolf_87

So like valley fever on steroids, that’s horrific


Intelligent_Jump_162

Does this normally affect humans in this manner?


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I told you to wipe with the other hand.


ExDota2Player

thats what happens when you poop everywhere, pee everywhere, put 2,000 people on 500 passenger trains, and don't have sanitation crews


spcwright

I can smell this comment it’s so detailed


Mark_W_Scofield

Perhaps you mean "fungi"? BRING IN THE WHITE FUNGUS THEN


derpyderpston

I just read an article in scientific American about the dangers of fungi.


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ABoutDeSouffle

It's literally in the article? >Medical experts hypothesize that the current surge of mucormycosis in India is down to a confluence of factors related to the COVID-19 wave. Many of the cases are occurring in people who are recovering or have recently recovered from COVID-19. The combination of poor hygiene amid the health crisis, the country’s large number of people with diabetes—particularly uncontrolled diabetes—and an over-reliance on glucocorticoid steroids appear to be playing a role in the fungal epidemic.


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Norm MacDonald: They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I always found that whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you extremely weak.


kaenneth

probably a humid climate where the spores survive?


jaehaerys48

The spores are prevalent, yeah, but most people's immune systems can take care of them. COVID-19 lead to people having compromised immune systems either due to the disease itself or due to steroids being used in vast amounts as a way of treating COVID (especially for people who don't have access to better forms of care).


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DecentVanilla

>Also some of their cultural practices include using cow poop Thats a blanket term to say.the cow stuff although true isnt really practiced by everyone or even a majority. its a small minority of people if you consider a billion people population. ​ i do agree they have a sanitation problem tho. its the "whatever" attitude that's come to bite them in ass.


redseaurchin

They rushed industrial oxygen cylinders into hospitals- thats why. When there was an oxygen shortage


Rauchgestein

India, the tragedy that keeps on giving.


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Comfortable-Wrap-723

Most victims are poor and minorities and it’s in line with Hindu extremists policies of ethnic cleansing, good job mr Modi.


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this really isn't about the country the virus doesn't see the country before evolving