The Next Global Health Threat Will Not Be Curable With Drugs

“I believe fungal disease to be the next global threat, considering the population’s weakened immune system. It is only now that it could become a reality since it is increasing at an alarming rate.”

Statistics Canada said that four-fifths (81%) of Canadians have some type of prescription drug insurance[1] but it is not making us healthier. The medical/pharmaceutical system has its place: if in a serious accident, a cup of peppermint tea might not do the trick, morphine intravenous would be my preference. There was a time when I trusted the system but then I started doubting the drug approach when I was about 10 years old by comparing the medical system to our naturopathic doctor. One worked to bring the body into a state of balance to allow the body to heal itself and one treated the people in the hospital with drugs, surgeries and chemicals. Today, especially after witnessing what our so-called leaders agreed to orchestrate with the pharmaceutical establishment, I have absolutely zero trust for the system.

While the global group of individuals was meeting last week at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and planning their next seize of power—naming the WHO’s next unknown child as Pandemic X was also on the list—I was examining the evidence what the next global crisis might be. Many different conditions could be ignited; most could be related to the decline of the immune system. Did you know that 50% of the global population have latent tuberculosis (TB) and the WHO is claiming that 25% of the world’s population is infected with TB?[2]

Then we have Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS), and many people have what is called latent AIDS reserve—it can live within the people for decades.

Another disease affecting millions of people around the world is cancer. Of course, you will not see an article printed in a manner like the following one from 2008 titled Cancer is a Preventable Disease that Requires Major Lifestyle Changes. According to the authors “[o]nly 5–10% of all cancer cases can be attributed to genetic defects, whereas the remaining 90–95% have their roots in the environment and lifestyle” which “provides major opportunities for preventing cancer.”[3] In this article, they even recommend vitamins, herbs, fruit and vegetables. Strange thing that they never taught this to the medical student who, when becoming doctors, cram everything needed in the eleven hours of nutrition they have in medical school. The article also concludes that “[t]he percentage of cancer-related deaths attributable to diet and tobacco is as high as 60–70% worldwide.”[4] But if cancer is the second leading cause of disease and 95% of the cases is preventable, what happened?

One thing is sure: cancer should not be considered as a normal, inevitable part of life. We need to take into account the global increase in cancers among children and young adults, attributed to environmental factors and chemical exposure. It is definitely important to spend more on reducing environmental carcinogens, while the interconnectedness of cancer prevention with other diseases should be emphasized. “Systematically protecting humans from harmful chemical exposures that raise our risk for cancer and many other diseases”[5] is mostly an untapped solution to prevent unnecessary suffering and death.

I believe fungal disease to be the next global threat, considering the population’s weakened immune system. I hope I am wrong but aggressive fungal infections will bring massive loss of life. I have been following this threat for many years; it is only now in society’s weakest state that it could become a reality since it is increasing at an alarming rate. First, we need to see what we are dealing with. There are “[a]n estimated 30 trillion cells in your body—less than a third—are human. The other 70-90% are bacterial and fungal. Ninety-nine percent of the unique genes in your body are bacterial. Only about one percent is human.”[6] We have an estimated 380 trillion viruses, and more than 600 fungi species associated with the humans, either as commensals or part of our microbiome, some are pathogens that cause some of the most lethal infectious diseases.

We know that “fungi are important components of the gut microbiota. Fungi residing in the human intestine, for example, elicit the induction of T helper 17 cells, which are central orchestrators of protective immune responses.”[7] It is also clear that “gut fungi (…) sophistically influence the assembly and function of the gut bacterial microbiome (…), through cellular contact, competition or collaboration for available nutrients, production of secondary metabolites and antimicrobial peptides, and physiochemical changes to the gut niche. Overall, these mechanisms, which interplay among gut fungi, bacteria, and host immunity, are the underpinnings of human immune homoeostasis, all contributing to health and disease.”[8] So which is it going to be?

The escalating global threat of fungal infections, worsened by the extended therapeutic and prophylactic use of antifungal drugs in high-risk patients leading to the emergence of drug-resistant fungi, particularly the highly virulent Candida auris strain, underscores the critical need for increased and more effective research to mitigate the severity and consequences of these infections. “[G]lobal deaths from fungal disease have nearly doubled since 2014 and that approximately 3.8 million deaths annually may be attributed to fungal infections, compared to approximately 2 million deaths in 2012. This figure represents approximately 6.8% of total global deaths”[9] says the recent study[10] by the Manchester Fungal Infection Group at the University of Manchester.

Fungal infections can be caused by several factors, including the very prevalent antibiotic usage because it can lead to weakened autoimmunity. But remember that with a helping hand of quality products and lifestyle changes there is no reason why a person cannot remain healthy, while the populous is taking their drugs to keep on the treadmill.

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[1] Bradley, Jonathan. 2024.

[2] World Health Organization. 2023.

[3] Anand, Preetha et al. 2008.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Marusic, Kristina. 2024.

[6] Perkins, Susan. 2024.

[7] Pérez, J. Christian. 2021.

[8] Zhang, Fen et al. 2022.

[9] GlobalDataHealthcare. 2024.

[10] Denning, David W. 2024.