If I get the drift of your question, where you live is as important as how you live. I live in a state where histoplasmosis is rampant. Bird droppings, proximity to the soil as children are when they play, and moisture sets us up for this.As long as the immune system is healthy, ususally the infection is walled off like tb.
But add an autoimmune disease, like sarcoidosis, or aids and well, it can take off. Dry has always been better for asthmatics, hence the traditional migration to Arizona... but with the smog changing the air quality, it is now a fifty fitty proposition. There is one more thing, if one lives in a cold weather climate, the cold actually slows down bacteria, spores, and molds.
So the longer it stays cold, the better... and if summer is mild and short, those pesky exposures can be lessened. Don't know about texas though. Hope this helps.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.