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Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat t1_isz0tzv wrote

Reply to comment by DuncanYoudaho in Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci

Probably doesn't matter much in first world countries.

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GlobeTrekking t1_iszfcsg wrote

Agreed. Especially with an average age of death in developed countries of around 78 years old.

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Welmarian t1_iszhpj0 wrote

I'd bet money the average age of death is drastically reduced after recurring Covid infections. If you consider it's a vascular disease, and the side effects that are reminiscent of trauma, repeated trauma leads to prematurely mortality. Thus, repeated Covid infections would in theory do the same.

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