 nedhamson says: TB has been scourge robbing humankind of precious breath for 500,000 years. Maybe simplest translation of "Blessed are the poor in spirit" is a lot more direct than many theologians think too. TB was all too common in "Biblical" times. So, perhaps Jesus was simply saying - Blessed are those with TB. So that people would not think them as being punished and as worthy of Jesus' love and theirs. At any rate TB has been around for eons and is now making a come back due to lack of money for prevention and drugs. And it is taking new forms that are harder to fight. Christmas Seals, a tradition in USA and sold by Red Cross began as a fund raising effort to defeat TB in US. I heard of TB in Egyptian mummies. But this is way older than those... Impressive. I bet if we split apart our genome very carefully we'll find tons of virus DNA from way back. Yes - that's for sure and a potentially rich source of data. In some cases, knowing your disease background may tell you where you are from. A friend - now deceased - of mine was suffering from a disease that runs in families and is more prevalent in Black-Americans from the Gulf Coast in USA. By researching his disease, as well as family background into "contract" slavery in Southern Alabama, we figured out his family was originally from Mali - Bamako tribal group. And disease from centuries ago, still afflicts people today and they are handicapped because they are cut off from family history. In his case, a genetic adaptation gave his family protection against diseases in West Africa but... |
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