Strange deadly fungus, missing microbiologist

A deadly fungus is moving south in the American Northwest, killing people and animals in Washington state, Idaho and Oregon.  The fungus, first found on British Columbia's Vancouver Island, is muchmore deadly than other strains.  The spores can be carried on the wind or on shoes and clothing, and they can be picked up be walking on infected ground. 

So how is this connected to a missing microbiologist?

The same microbiologist, who declined to speak on the record and who recounted extensive fungus work at Fort Detrick, also stated that researchers at Israel's Institute for Biological Research, located in Ness-Ziona about 20 km from Tel Aviv, have worked with the Cryptococcus gatti fungus. They also report that mysterious Israeli-American scientist Joseph Moshe, 56 years old, may have conducted covert studies with the fungus while he was recently living in California. This report concerning Moshe is especially interesting because Moshe was briefly in the international spotlight in 2009 when he was the subject of a spectacular chase and arrest by the LA police department and SWAT team, assisted by the FBI, Secret Service, CIA, US Army and several other unidentified federal officials. That highly unusual arrest has never been fully explained to the media, and the whereabouts of Moshe has remained unknown since its occurrence. Compounding the mystery surrounding the Moshe case is that there is another scientist named Moshe Bar-Joseph who works in Israel and who looks remarkably like Joseph Moshe, except that he is about 20 years older.

Mystery Disease Linked to Missing Israeli Scientist

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