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Then we die from their space smallpox. Unlikely we will die from their version of smallpox, because they aren't likely to share human DNA. Remember, we are li
by kiba 6y ago
Then we die from their space smallpox.
Unlikely we will die from their version of smallpox, because they aren't likely to share human DNA.
Remember, we are literally surrounded by viruses. We eat them all the time. The vast majority are completely harmless anyway. They have their specific targets.
- cgriswald 6y agoI don’t share your confidence. We’d be exposed to multitudes of new viruses any one of which could potentially find a host in us. We’d have no specific defenses and they may have novel (to Earth life) means of infecting hosts.