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Considering how common is swallowing and aspirating seawater is, how significant is this risk?
by joseda-hg 2y ago
Considering how common is swallowing and aspirating seawater is, how significant is this risk?
- energy123 2y agoWe have a microvirome so the mere existence of viruses is not necessarily a bad thing in itself
- darkhorn 2y agoI cannot give statistics but I think viruses in the sea are for marine life and mostly they don't target humans. Also we are already inhaling lots of viruses.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago> viruses in the sea are for marine life Yes of course. The Wikipedia article says "Most of these viruses are bacteriophages ... Bacteriophages are harmless to plants and animals ... Viruses are the main agents responsible for the rapid destruction of harmful algal blooms" Likely next to none can infect land mammals. Such viruses would not have a way to replicate to large numbers in seawater, not in land mammals.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoBased on the historical record of humans at the sea, and the folk belief that seawater is healthy, not a significant risk at all. Ingesting bacteriophages could even be beneficial if you have bacterial issues.