Freakinlasers t1_isyjqkv wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Reply to comment by Ry715 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

To tack on to what the other poster said, while we wouldn’t see this type of selection for generations, we may see more active autoimmune conditions simply because viruses can trigger autoimmunity.