The black plague and other pathogens have killed so many people. And you mentioned that those who survived had genes that gave them a stronger immune response or boost when faced with this pathogen. It seems like actually it comes down to immunity instead of being a tough guy, at least at the macro scale. Although we're fit to fight diseases in many ways, we're less kind of well functioning human human beings.

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