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this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2025
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This does not surprise me, glad the professionals are honing in on it!
Care to elaborate? Because this seems pretty surprising
"Well, in my research in which I went over 12 pages deep in Google results..."
/s ;P
Oof. That is a big ask because I am not an expert on the topic; just learned and wise. If you are willing to burn quite a bit of energy, I could use a LLM to explain the topic.
Off the top of my head, in my currently tired, flu-ish state: Research has shown that our bodies integrate information (DNA) from viruses/bacteria. In a very basic sense, viruses are able to change our DNA. Surviving an infection is a form of upgrade/mutation. You are still you, with the information held in the virus now part of yourself.
Evolution.