What If All Viruses Vanished?

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Published 2021-10-20

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@diamondjub2318 2 years ago

well, for one thing, there certainly wouldn't be any viruses
@Dee-jp7ek 2 years ago

My mind immediately thought of bacteriophages and how we'd all probably die from bacterial infections without viruses to hunt them down
@InTheAKSnow 2 years ago

I'm very surprised you didn't cover the fact that once upon a time a retrovirus infection was responsible for introducing the genes to produce syncytin, which is vital for the placenta and we would not be able to exist as we are without it.
@twocvbloke 2 years ago

"I wish for a Professor Farnsworth 'What if...? machine' to accurately find out what the consequences of wishes would actually be before I made them!!!"
@MonkeBrain07 2 years ago

Yeah, this needs to be taught at schools. Schools tend to focus on pathogenic viruses and omit other details.
@jamesj.williams7702 2 years ago

At my university there is a freshman lab that focuses on the discovery of new bacteriophage and has each student or group of students collect a dirt sample. The sample is then tested to try and find a new type of bacteriophage, and because of how common they are and how little we know about them it is very very likely that at least half of the class will discover a completely new virus
@EOTBuk 2 years ago

I am no virologist, but I would consider that even pathogenic viruses have been useful in history to help keep animal and plant populations in check.
@curls22 2 years ago

I'm gonna be real- my favorite part of these videos is the list of sources and picture credits at the bottom of the description. I love this. I wish all channels would do this when they're referencing something or talking about something that could definitely benefit the viewers by sharing their sources.
@jediaray8847 2 years ago

"I wish Humans won't be negatively effected by any kind of viruses."
@odomobo 2 years ago

"As much havock they've wreaked throughout history, scientists are starting to understand..." We need to do something about these scientists
@MolestedDonut 2 years ago

I'm in the 2%. Now just gotta figure out how to get to the 0.01%
@henrykrider179 2 years ago

I remember in a video on COVID there was mention of basically 'viral niches', where different viruses might specialize towards different tissues (like lungs vs throat for respiratory diseases), and with benign viruses in the body I wonder if any of them provide some buffer against new viruses by occupying a viral niche. May be more likely in the digestive system if the virome is essentially a pair to gut bacteria, but idk, it's an interesting thought
@nolakillabeast 2 years ago

I have a gastro virus right now, literally feels like dying, but I know there is a war inside of me. I am so proud of my little soldiers that keep this virus at bay within 24h, but why don't they learn??? I get that gastro virus every year !!
@Kittsuera 2 years ago

I get the feeling someone found a Genie and was asking this question “for a friend”
@wcookiv 2 years ago

It's always seemed to me like the most intuitive way to view a virus is to consider the infected cell to be the mature organism and the virion to be a spore or predatory gamete.
@anavii12 2 years ago

I'm here from Hank's tiktok video because I want to be part of the 2%
@charliemackenzie-nash5707 2 years ago

Thanks for saying I'm amazing, Hank! I needed the boost ❤
@danyalovich1934 2 years ago

The fact that viruses exist in such numbers and for so long, means that they are essential and have a reason to be here and apparently everywhere. Rarely have we found that something that is everywhere is not an integral part of nature. Understanding their significance, function and evolution is going to be important to everyone.
@ruben77 2 years ago

I remember reading something very like this problem of getting rid of all viruses in 1969's "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton.
@Thunderwalker87 2 years ago

This hypothetical wish reminds me of the worst parts of my parents... they get a bad idea in their head and they will keep at it for a long time not getting how it will impact other things... then get angry when they finally get what they wanted and its impacts are worse than anyone could of ever imagined.