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Wearing mask and quarantine are not new to us - Black death, "The Great Plague".

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Every century we overcame deadly circumstances like diseases and war. Still going on... Mask wearing, quarantine are not new to us. Do you remember, "Black Death- The Great Plague" . It happened on mid-20th century.  We all know the rhymes of our childhood. It stays in memory forever and continue to the next generation. That includes this one... " Ring-a Ring-a roses A pocket full of posies Atishoo atishoo  All falls down" Actually it was from 19th century, according to the "Dictionary of British folklore" it is described as Children singing song around the roses and bowing down as a curtsy "All fall down"(1). After the Second World war, people were infected with plague. This rhyme was implanted with its meaning and became the memory that will carried to the next generation. Ringa ringa roses means,  Plague causes rose rashes. A pocket full of poises means, sweet smell flowers to ward off plague smell in dead. Atishoo mea

Vampire and Werewolf diseases are real. Myth to reality.

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People are always have more interest in hearing myths, and fantasy stories. Mostly Vampires and Werewolfs are more trendy. Many movies had been taken based on it. Myths are mostly unbelievable, but derived from truth. We like to hear original stories with adding some magical elements.  On cinematic side vampire and werewolf have powers like strength, speed, hypnotism... Both are transmitted through bites. Vampires don't go on sunlight, because their skin will burn on UV rays. They don't eat normal food. Eyes will be red. Their teeth will become sharp like a predator. Their skin looks pale. They don't like garlic. They drink blood to survive.  Werewolf have the painful change during the  full moon. They have to wait for their mate in a lifetime. Originally some symptoms are real and may be derived from true version of transmitting diseases like Porphyria (The Vampire disease) , Rabies and Hypertrichosis ( The Werewolf syndrome). Porphyria (The Vampi

Is Black fungus infects everyone? Are yellow and white fungus are dangerous?

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Viral infection makes you weaker. It will be a tough war to your body's immune system. During this fight, your defence system gets weak. It opens a path to other infections and diseases it's called as opportunistic infections . Like HIV/AIDS, this Covid-19 is also a deadliest infection to fight. Hence, already weaker persons with chronic conditions are more vulnerable especially with lung disorders. Fungi, you can see it everywhere with naked eye. There are millions of fungal species in our earth not every fungus make you sick. It is in the air, soil, plants, outside skin and inside of our body. Most fungal infections are not life threatening. We are ingesting it in daily situations. Fungal infections are opportunistic infections. It can't spread between people Or people to animals. Black Fungus: Black Fungus (Mucormycosis ) is  caused by a  fungi  and belongs to the family of Mucor mucedo which is commonly called as Common pinmold. It's infection was announced as epi