> Well I hope that at least the next [..] pandemic will insert some beneficial mutations to humanity.
Sometimes this is indirect; there is some debate on why some Europeans have immunity to HIV, the current hypothesis is that it’s a result of us surviving the Black Plague.
Also why Africans did not suffer such large number of fatalities per population.
A younger population but we are one of the few regions in the world still giving the TB/Polio vaccine at birth.
"epigenetic modifications, activate cells of the innate immune system, such as monocytes, macrophages and natural killer cells"
Sometimes this is indirect; there is some debate on why some Europeans have immunity to HIV, the current hypothesis is that it’s a result of us surviving the Black Plague.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325234239.h...