"this fungus is only a problem in immunocompromised patients."

The list of diseases or even temporary conditions that can produce "immunocompromised conditions is lengthy.  When we think of "immunocompromised," we often think of AIDS (HIV) or other diseases such as hepatitis. However there is a whole range of lesser ailments that can make one immunocompromised, such as the common cold.

As one of us stated last Spring:

"Scientists in Colombia who attended his {Sands'} presentation then investigated Fusarium oxysporum and found out that in humans who are immunocompromised, the rate of death from Fusarium infection can be as high as 76% – and this is from peer-reviewed medical literature. In the Colombian setting, after US approves military aid, we can expect massive amounts of displaced campesino families who will be on-the-run in the jungle fleeing our escalation of their civil war. In the 1980s in El Salvador, I escaped with civilian populations in "guindas" which are long journeys to outflank and evade army offensives. If one is not immunocompromised from the bad food that one must live on in jungle hamlets, one would be after days of walking, stumbling, and providing iron and protein to the insect life of the area. To then apply a mycoherbicide from the air that has been associated with a 76% kill rate in hospitalized human patients would be tantamount to biological warfare."

Here is it straight from Dr. Sands (note the novel spelling of Fusarium):