A variety of diseases have always posed a threat to human health, and with the continuous mutation and growth of viruses and bacteria, new pathogens have emerged in an endless stream, making the fight against them an endless war. Have you ever wondered what would happen if an unprecedented virus from outer space came to the planet we live on? The mystery of the problem has been lifted, and today we will explore this extraordinary subject. What if Earth suffered an epidemic from an alien planet? Are you a person who is obsessed with unsolved mysteries? Do you have a heart that stays curious?
So far we have no evidence of intelligent life outside the Earth, but again, this does not prove that there is no intelligent life outside the Earth. The universe is so big that it takes more time to reach other planets at a reasonable speed than you can imagine, so it's more likely that there is actually intelligent life, but they are too far away from us to be unbelievable. For answering today's question, we don't need to assume that aliens have a terrible face, as stereotyped in the past, because even without extraterrestrial intelligent life, alien pathogens still have other ways to come to Earth.
Cosmognostic theory argues that life on other planets (and even on our Planet) comes from extraterrestrial microbes that travel through space such as meteors, cosmic dust, or spacecraft, and it has been pointed out that some of the necessary elements came to Earth in this way, but theories should not be used only to explain what happened in the past. We know that a lot of small matter in space continues to fall on Earth and other planets every day, and we know that there are some small life forms in the universe, such as certain bacteria, that can survive in space for a long time and eventually come to us.
If we put these two things together, we will find that if there is extraterrestrial life in the universe, one day, with a meteor streaked by, cosmic dust may carry unknown pathogens to our earth, which may bring us harm. Speaking of this, you may not be able to ask, what can a disease brought about by an alien pathogen look like? On our planet, there have been many occurrences caused by viruses, as well as infectious diseases, some of which are accompanied by unusual symptoms.
Many outbreaks of diseases are respiratory diseases, such as tuberculosis, which are being affected by millions of people. In addition, coronaviruses, flu viruses and even a common cold can be fatal, especially for susceptible people. One of the strangest outbreaks of disease in history, perhaps not even a "disease", in 1518, a "dance plague" swept through Strasbourg, with hundreds of people dancing in the streets for weeks, and many eventually many died of heart attacks and exhaustion.
The only theory we can confirm today is that these dancing men took Ergotella, a fungus genetically similar to the psychotropic drug LSD. But most medical experts believe that this doesn't really explain what's going on either. The "dancing plague" can still be largely attributed to a mass hysteria with a large outbreak. If an alien pathogen arrives, perhaps we will see similarly difficult-to-explain results. In fact, some scientists are already studying the possibility of epidemics on other planets to explore the answer to the question posed by Fermi's paradox: If there are extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations, why haven't we discovered them yet? Two extraterrestrial researchers, Stephen Kane and Franck Selsis, studied the possibility of zombies on other planets. Now, the study has become an April Fool's Joke, but there are still some scientific findings behind this paper (titled "Biological Causes of Death Explain the Fermi Paradox").
For example, a planet with zombie outbreaks will produce large amounts of hydrogen sulfide that we can detect with the right equipment (on Earth). The study is obviously harmless and funny (the rise of alien undead certainly didn't really happen!), but the Fermi paradox may really only be solved when we discover an alien disease outbreak. Not very happy though... Based on biogenesis, microbes from distant worlds may drift to us through the universe. However, whenever an alien infectious disease appears in popular culture, it is rarely due to non-confrontational reasons. In books, movies, and video games, alien viruses often take the form of biological weapons — the most famous example is in the Alien movie series. In the movie, it only takes a single face-hugging worm to wipe out the entire human settlement and start a colony of alien creatures, with hidden alien biological weapons becoming an important feature of the series. This fear of alien biological weapons is not without reason, and human beings have used biological weapons for thousands of years, and the earliest records can be traced back to 1500 BC.
Legend has it that animals suffering from "rabbit fever" were driven into enemy territory, leading to an outbreak of disease. The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan also used famous early biological weapons to catapult dead animals into the besieged fortress. Other examples include the fact that in the 18th century, British soldiers were said to have given blankets used by smallpox sufferers to Indians to spread the disease to them... Recently, we have seen anthrax being used in bioterrorist attacks. In the United States, for example, in 2001, anthrax spores were clipped to letters and mailed, allegedly causing multiple victims.
Humans have a history of transmitting diseases to each other. It is not surprising that ill-intentioned aliens want to infect alien viruses to humans in the same way in order to occupy Earth. After all, aliens who have advanced enough technology to reach the earth and observe the earth for a long time are likely to deliberately design to attack humans while ensuring that the animals and plants of the earth are perfect. In this way, humans can completely disappear from the earth, and the earth will become the territory of aliens. Whether they do this to incorporate the Earth into their new homeland, to worry about the destruction of the Earth's environment, or to gain access to the Earth's resources but not to fight humanity, the onslaught of an alien epidemic could allow these Alien visitors to occupy our Planet while ensuring their own safety.
So, can we stop all this from happening? In fact, viruses on Earth, at least those we know, have been evolving, and there is probably an epidemic caused by viruses in the experience of each generation. Even today, humans struggle to contend with viruses, including infectious diseases that humans have been battling for centuries. For example, we already have vaccines and drugs for flu strains, but that doesn't mean the flu won't take thousands more lives. Therefore, if human beings are already struggling to fight the Earth virus, whether the alien virus is deliberate or not, it will be even more difficult to find a way to fight it. If extraterrestrial life were similar to humans and were all carbon atom-based (which is a very bold assumption), we might have a slight advantage.
However, if a bacterium or virus is beyond the range known to man, and if its basic operation is completely different from known information, then there is nothing we can do to counter it. Maybe we can still stop the infection by isolating (hopefully!). But it takes years, if not decades, to develop a cure or a cure for a disease. At present, we still can't treat the simple, common cold, and the cure for epidemics may not even be developed at all. In any case, the development of methods for the control and cure of extraterrestrial epidemics cannot be separated from the joint efforts of governments around the world to achieve common goals. In the history of the world, we have seen many countries and regions cooperate with each other, but there have also been cases of improper control by the authorities.
For example, the U.S. government's response to the AIDS outbreak in the 1980s drew widespread criticism and was accused of thousands of deaths that could have been avoided. To this day, the system of development and distribution of AIDS drugs is still reported from time to time as contradictory, and these situations show that we still need some effective and adequate response to deal with this problem today. Many people in dire need of medication can't afford the cost of treatment, so is the same thing going to happen when we're battling a pandemic 'from beyond earth'? If all humanity on Earth cannot face it together, can a few people of insight alone really overcome this problem? Finally, let's give these 'theoretically' alien tourists some fair treatment.
Because although they are still dangerous, the scene described above is not so harmful. Let's look at ourselves again. Biological weapons development has been on Earth for centuries, but most pandemic diseases spread more by chance than by necessity with their biological research. The Black Death was a devastating catastrophe in human history, but it was not deliberately transmitted. Just as humanity circulates around the globe by unconsciously carrying a virus to a place where no immune barrier has been constructed and causing it to fall, extraterrestrial travelers can unconsciously and easily carry deadly pathogens to Earth, and even their own genetic components that are completely harmless to them will be transformed into superbugs that can be fatal to our world.
The result of these situations is the same, except that the sci-fi movie setting of the alien lords who have come to conquer Earth to trigger this weapon is missing. In fact, if we think about it, we humans have the same odds and opportunities to accidentally subject our extraterrestrial travelers to the devastating pandemic. Although in Herbert. George. The Martians portrayed in Wells' Star Wars are defined as an unfriendly race, but that's exactly what happened to them. If humanity can travel interstellarally in the future, then the pollution caused by this flow between planets must be considered at a very high priority, and this is the threat that the future Earth may face.
Related knowledge:
Extraterrestrial intelligent beings (often abbreviated as ETI) are theoretically existing forms of extraterrestrial life. And the debate over whether other livable worlds really existed began a long time ago. 【1】
The modern form of this concept was proposed at the time of the Copernican Revolution, namely that the Earth is the planet revolving around the Sun, while the other planets are other independent worlds. 【2】
The question of whether there are other habitable planets and moons is a natural consequence of this new understanding. It became one of the most discussed and speculative issues on science-related topics, and became the main theme of science fiction and pop culture material. 【3】
Fy: Li Mingxue, Wang Mengran, Xiao Tong, Zekki