An Uncommon Cold

Re:An Uncommon Cold by AnthonBerg on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:10AM (#25655968)

Good question! – I am unknowing but I think we would have a great many insects to deal with. Mosquitoes among them!

This comment helped me to think to find out – thank you – and indeed: https://www.batswithoutborders.org/role-of-bats-in-our-ecosy...

I see it such that we must learn from bats. And nature. And learn to collaborate better among ourselves.

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Re:An Uncommon Cold by legerdemain on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:27AM (#25656046)

Another interesting question is, what if we could wipe out all viruses? What would go wrong? I suspect that we know relatively little about the systemic role of viruses in the biosphere. It's imaginable that they play a pervasive role in the gradual transformation of the world's genetic code.

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Re:An Uncommon Cold by graeme on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:10AM (#25656289)

If the hygiene hypothesis is correct, we’d have a lot more allergies.

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