Corona Virus, Future Medical Miracle?

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With the current climate, and general hysteria regarding the Corona virus it is amazing how quickly people forget the history of diseases throughout mankind. It was essential in order for man to survive, we needed to evolve our immune systems. Whether it was the 1800s Small Pox, the 1920s Influenza, the 1970s Swine Flu, 1980s HIV/AIDS, and more recently SARS, MRSA or Ebola from the 2000s. Epidemics and pandemics have been around since the existence of international commerce. Our survival has depended upon the body’s ability to fight disease.

Interestingly, the first deaths from Bubonic Plague were recorded in China… sound familiar? The virus spread via the trade routes on fleas piggybacking on rats through Western Asia, Northern Europe, and finally throughout Europe. Twenty-five million people died from the Black Death between the 1300s and 1600s. That number seems astonishing today in a world of perpetual medical breakthroughs. Surviving the Plague meant our immune systems were now stronger and thereby, our bodies more resilient to disease. We would survive as a species.

In the twentieth century, scientists took that same virus and tweaked a strain for the purposes of cosmetic and medical procedures. The medical community has been using this strain for Botox for several decades to rid facial wrinkles and preventing facial expressions by paralyzing muscles. More recently, migraine suffers have benefited from the same strain, more uses are being researched every day. Only fifty years ago, this would have seemed insane. There have been 2 recorded deaths from Bubonic Plague as a side effect from Botox. https://www.ehealthme.com/ds/botox/plague/

So my question is this, is Corona Virus, the next plague? And if it is, could it be another medical miracle down the road?