Why The Last of Us' Cordyceps Infection Couldn't Happen to Humans in Real Life Explained
It is often said that the truth is stranger than fiction, but sometimes, fiction gives us the freedom to explore ideas that are better off on paper than in reality. For instance, The Last of Us was a recent HBO release set in a post-pandemic world after the outbreak of a zombie fungus known as Cordyceps. While we have all lived through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cordyceps fungus turns out to be a real fungus used in herbal medicine that was reimagined as a life-threatening virus in this mega-hit series. Today, we will get into the science behind the Cordyceps infection in detail and explore why humans are safe from it in real life!
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At present, Marvelous Videos has 120,337 views spread across 9 videos for The Last of Us, with his channel currently having around 1 hour worth of content for The Last of Us. This makes up less than 0.09% of the total overall content on Marvelous Videos's YouTube channel.


