See the natives of America after Europeans showed up.
Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?
Professorozone@lemmy.world 13 hours agoSo does that mean a long time ago people were dying of the cold in droves?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
remon@ani.social 13 hours ago
No. But covid-19 belongs to the same group of viruses that also includes the common cold.
protist@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
Certainly possible, if not likely, that when these viruses first evolved to infect humans or human ancestors they caused increased mortality