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Asked by 262epdj29 on 12 Jun 2017.
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anon answered on 12 Jun 2017:
That raises an interesting question. If the disease is around all the time, then we stop calling it an epidemic. There has been tuberculosis around as long as we can go back and study.
Here’s an article about finding evidence of TB in an Egyptian mummy: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17880-dna-tests-on-mummy-show-tb-killed-ancient-egyptian/So some diseases have always been with us as humans. They evolved along side us.
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