Plagues, populations & survival by Stephen J O'Brien

[@devsupp]

He speaks so candidly and with ease. Amazing what the power of knowledge can do.

[@jeans1712]

Wow...really need to watch to the end for all the pieces to come together. Excellent

[@fifimsp]

This was very interesting. Watched a Timeline documentary on this and so wanted to see if there was anything on the Delta 32 gene. This went more in-depth and I really like the research on the cats I like the way that research in one area can help the research in other areas.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

This so amazing to watch in the COVID times of the last two years (watching February 2022), especially as this novel virus seems to be becoming endemic.

[@mnelson9057]

Excellent talk! The follow-up is that Svante Paabo found CCR5 came from Neanderthals (and won a 2022 Nobel prize for his work). So it must have bern around in low amounts for 40K+ years before it was amplified by Y. Pestis. Johannes Krause’s talks on his work studying ancient DNA and plagues report finding Y. Pestis DNA much earlier (Bronze Age, I think). All these talks are on KZbin. So interesting! I wish it were easier to have ourselves tested so we could use this information to avoid West Nile etc. All we have access to is 23andme which doesn’t say which archaic DNA SNPS we’ve received. Thank you for your work Dr. O’Brien.

[@sa-iw4dr]

This should be showed in High Schools.

[@zztop8592]

HS students would go to sleep.🤣

[@michaelkimel8290]

Wow that's awesome 😎

[@hollyphelps5755]

Thank you for this presentation!!!! Very cool. How would I go about genetic testing for the delta 32 gene mutation? My mother was from England, and my father's ancestry is also from GB. I'm curious. Not much to compare; but I never contracted varicella!. I had a titer to confirm. I was exposed as a baby when chicken pox parties (herd immunity) was all the rage lol. I'm also a former nurse who had direct contact with shingles patients. Still nothing! Weird. ✌

[@silvereagle1960]

Also technology happens evevery 30 years, connection!

[@tabhbo54]

I'd like to know how I can contact him

[@fifimsp]

Go to google. Type in his name and he probably has a webpage on how to contact him. Or his webpage where he currently works would come up.

[@tabhbo54]

@@fifimsp ahhhhhhhhhh you don't think I've done THAT

[@andreablack3192]

Makes us 2 then.....

[@moniquepigeon-wgefaculty8890]

@@andreablack3192 I don't even know what that means.

[@andreablack3192]

@@moniquepigeon-wgefaculty8890 it means i would like to know how to contact him also, just like Barbara!

[@tabhbo54]

I had 18 units of blood in 1980 when they didn't test blood for AIDS and I did NOT come down with Aids WHY I really want to send my blood to test it to see if i'm immune

[@tabhbo54]

@@kittymcditty8960 not in nyc..people were dropping like flies best had my blood test I have a rare immunity I found out it's a gene I inherited

[@tabhbo54]

@@kittymcditty8960 in nyc it wasnt until March 25 1985 blood was test

[@tabhbo54]

@@kittymcditty8960 Arthur ash died from blood transfusions from open heart surgery and so did a senator so your wrong

[@tabhbo54]

@@kittymcditty8960 that was 20 years ago

[@tabhbo54]

@@kittymcditty8960 had it tested 20 years ago.

[@lyndrury3976]

I heard it was smallpox not plague that created this mutation

[@Roedygr]

Suspenseful as a murder mystery.

[@jimany3965]

2020 Corona Viruses

[@Sindhabadforever]

" with these animals" these viruses