00:04HBO's The Last of Us, based off the PlayStation game of the same name, shows us a different kind of
00:09zombie apocalypse.
00:10The story is rooted not in some unknown disease that turns people into flesh-eating monsters,
00:14but rather a known fungus that really exists, called Cordyceps.
00:18The fungus is able to infect insects and take over their bodies just like the zombies from the series.
00:23In real life, the fungus forces the insects to climb to a high point,
00:26where it then anchors and blooms like this, releasing spores from above,
00:30and possibly infecting more insects, or like in The Last of Us, more humans.
00:34In the show, they begin the series by detailing how this type of fungus cannot survive in the human body,
00:39because we run too hot.
00:40But if it evolved, it could be possible.
00:42But is that fact or fiction?
00:43Experts say controlling the human mind would take more from Cordyceps
00:46than simply being able to acclimate to the human body.
00:49But they add they would never say never, as fungi do contain mind-bending hallucinogens,
00:53like psilocybin, and fungal-related illnesses are on the rise.
00:57With the Chief of the Fungal Disease Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
01:01Tim Chiller, telling Insider,
01:03I'm not going to be surprised that more fungi emerge as human pathogens.
01:06They become more challenging to treat and more infectious.
01:09And the very real fear is that these fungal infections do get worse and spread more widely.
01:13And just like in the show, there's no cure and no vaccine for these types of infections.
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