About ten years ago I happened to sit next to highly regarded Australian immunologist on an airplane (I looked him up and confirmed his credentials when I got home). We had a very interesting discussion on the gut microbiome and it's implications for human health.
I point blank asked him, "Do you think sometime in the future we'll find t…
About ten years ago I happened to sit next to highly regarded Australian immunologist on an airplane (I looked him up and confirmed his credentials when I got home). We had a very interesting discussion on the gut microbiome and it's implications for human health.
I point blank asked him, "Do you think sometime in the future we'll find that some viruses play a positive role in human health?" His answer was an unequivocal no, that viruses were always harmful or passive at best. I was struck by his closed-mindedness, particularly after we had just discussed how over fifty years bacteria had gone from almost always bad to often good.
They say science advances one death at a time and unfortunately that seems to be true.
Really? Because humans would not have mitochondria if it weren't for the fact that a virus hijacked it and through evolution turned it into the power house of the cellular system.
I think the immunologist mentioned above is a firm believer in the beneficial role of the mitochondria. If he is, who I think he is, he has been pretty open to ideas that go against the prevailing science. He’s even given reasons why the current vaccines were bound to fail. Even supported Ivermectin before it was “trendy.”
About ten years ago I happened to sit next to highly regarded Australian immunologist on an airplane (I looked him up and confirmed his credentials when I got home). We had a very interesting discussion on the gut microbiome and it's implications for human health.
I point blank asked him, "Do you think sometime in the future we'll find that some viruses play a positive role in human health?" His answer was an unequivocal no, that viruses were always harmful or passive at best. I was struck by his closed-mindedness, particularly after we had just discussed how over fifty years bacteria had gone from almost always bad to often good.
They say science advances one death at a time and unfortunately that seems to be true.
Really? Because humans would not have mitochondria if it weren't for the fact that a virus hijacked it and through evolution turned it into the power house of the cellular system.
Just a thought.
I think the immunologist mentioned above is a firm believer in the beneficial role of the mitochondria. If he is, who I think he is, he has been pretty open to ideas that go against the prevailing science. He’s even given reasons why the current vaccines were bound to fail. Even supported Ivermectin before it was “trendy.”
Oh shoot. Got it.
I didn't know. Whoops my bad
No worries. It might not be who I think it is but the description of the conversation sounds like the old guys specialty.