When microbes kill us, it‘s often by accident – Ed Yong – Aeon

See on Scoop.itVirology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca

We assume that microbes evolved to attack humans when actually we are just civilian casualties in a much older war

Chris Upton + helpers‘s insight:

Its virulence – its ability to cause disease – is not an adaptation against its host. It is a side effect, a fluke. It kills through coincidence.

Thank you!!!!!

See on aeon.co

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