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loci_existentiae t1_j9drbf2 wrote

Reply to comment by caribbeachbum in Are some people immune to HIV? by Lass_OM

Didn't the double mutation give you immunity to the plague in Europe too? Unfortunately if you survived and your village did not, you were obviously a witch and summarily burned at the stake.

My understanding is that it has negligible side effects other than some good immunities. If you run into a conspiracy type person it's a great rabbit hole to send them down. Mention HIV is probably a conspiracy and an elite group of people are immune to it. =)

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Twiggymop t1_j9e2xug wrote

But if you were the only person who survived, and your village did not, who would be around to call you a witch, let alone burn you? Other survivors? Then wouldn’t they be witches too? So you’d all have like a secret understanding? Like a special handshake, or wink of an eye?

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loci_existentiae t1_j9e6dh2 wrote

Neighbouring villages. It was never 100% simultaneous saturation. But really, you're applying logic to witch hunters? That seems ineffectual.

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Twiggymop t1_j9e6ly4 wrote

But the one who survived, could theoretically get out of it by declaring “they were the chosen one” (with the right tone), and then take over the neighboring village.

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armrha t1_j9f2dvo wrote

I can’t find any evidence that anybody was ever burnt at the stake for surviving plague. Where did you get that? It did not have a 100% kill rate either…

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Lightning_Lance t1_j9ed34u wrote

Interesting, those conspiracy theorists would be making the exact same mistake as the witch hunters

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