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Imagine how naive our immune systems would become. It could have unpredictable effects, like increasing the rate of novel zoonotic disease transmissions. Maybe
by krrrh 6y ago
Imagine how naive our immune systems would become. It could have unpredictable effects, like increasing the rate of novel zoonotic disease transmissions.
Maybe something like this is what set the stage for the common cold wiping out the aliens in War of the Worlds.
- danieltillett 6y agoWe would still be exposed to a wide variety of diseases even if there were no more common cold viruses floating around. The common cold viruses haven’t helped us deal with COVID-19 :(
- krrrh 6y ago> The common cold viruses haven’t helped us deal with COVID-19 We don’t actually know that yet.