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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by ExactoKnight on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:00PM (#14984217)
It depends wouldn't it? If the biology and chemistry of those organisms prove to be completely different (e.g, by not being carbon based), then couldn't their bacteria prove to be utterly inert in relation to our bodies?
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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by jessaustin on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:22PM (#14986364)
Earth parasites attack us because they have evolved to do so. If alien analogues of parasites did so, it would just be a completely random thing.
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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by anchpop on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:22PM (#14986362)
yeah, if diseases have trouble transferring to us from animals, I find it doubtful they will spread to us from aliens
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