Official: Pigeon droppings have killed no one at all.

It’s exactly one year since Reporting Scotland began a long series of inaccurate reports on hospital deaths ‘after’ fungal infections ‘caused’ by pigeon droppings. This is what they said on the 20^th January 2019:

‘Two patients have died after contracting a fungal infection caused by pigeon droppings.’

Only six sentences later did we hear, quietly inserted, that one patient had died from ‘an unrelated cause’ and that the other’s death was ‘being investigated.’

That the pigeons caused the infections was never explored. The results of the investigation carried out by international and national experts are now in but not visible on our MSM.

This sourced by our Research Assistant (Health), Brian McGowan:

The Sunday Mail has today run a story about a Freedom of Information request regarding the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

In the interests of openness and transparency we want to share the full findings from the investigation so far which we have shared with the Sunday Mail.

Statement key points:

Our thoughts and sympathies remain with the families of two patients who were treated for a Cryptococcus infection and sadly later died. In the 12 months since we announced an investigation into the two cases, we have continued to work with international and national experts to examine a number of potential hypotheses about a possible source of the Cryptococcus fungus (neoformans).

To date this expert panel has identified:

• As Cryptococcal fungi are widespread naturally occurring in the environment, a specific source has not been found
• Despite extensive testing of the hospital environment, we have found no evidence of Cryptococcus neoformans in or around the hospital
• The plant room – initially thought to be the source – has been ruled out
• There have been no further cases since last year.

Dare I say it, this infection has turned out to be a sporadic attack?