NEW VIDEO: How a Cow Saved Millions of Lives
Added 2023-08-08 14:01:02 +0000 UTCFew of the monsters that evolution created have been so successful at hurting us as the variola virus, responsible for smallpox. The carnage it caused was so terrible and merciless that it compelled humankind, for the first time, to act truly globally. It was one of the greatest wins of our species over the ancient powers of nature, all made possible by… cows.
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Not as bad as amo
Matt
2024-01-26 09:11:16 +0000 UTCSame for me
Matt
2024-01-26 09:09:47 +0000 UTCThanks for explaining it so well! I've had the rule baked into me from a young age but I never knew how to express it grammatically.
Innes Tam-Morris
2023-08-10 15:34:59 +0000 UTCFor English learners, it is not grammatical in English to double up on "superlatives" (e.g., most, best, worst) the way it is in many other languages. "deadliest" means "most deadly" so to say "most deadliest" is grammatically like saying "most most deadly."
Tyson Jensen
2023-08-10 15:20:22 +0000 UTCBut hey, don't let Big Vax tell you anything! If you get bit by a bat, use a juice cleanse! Or drink your own pee! Or something. (Consider it evolution in action.)
Patrick W. Gilmore
2023-08-09 19:40:34 +0000 UTCI was also ... want to say "annoyed", but not that strong, by the "most deadliest".
Patrick W. Gilmore
2023-08-09 19:39:38 +0000 UTCI did not see what the deadliest virus is? I'm guessing the plague? If you only look at "percent of people contracting the virus who die", I think it is rabies - which has a 100.0% chance of death absent the vaccine (rounded to the nearest 0.1%).
Patrick W. Gilmore
2023-08-09 19:38:49 +0000 UTC*shudder* The sheer wholesale deadliness of things like smallpox and polio make me very, very glad I was born in the era of vaccines. Excellent video, thankyou.
James Dominguez
2023-08-09 09:00:54 +0000 UTCSo... I now I need a cowpox plushie and a cowpox phone background.
Tyson Jensen
2023-08-09 01:13:09 +0000 UTCGreat video as usual, love immune system ones!! Not to be that guy, just wanted to point out the title should be "Most Deadly" or "Deadliest" grammatically.
Innes Tam-Morris
2023-08-09 00:33:26 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Daniel Turner
2023-08-08 14:22:40 +0000 UTC
