Scientists discover HERPES virus in Neanderthal remains and they want to recreate it

That strain no longer exists.  

What Could POSSIBLY go wrong?  

I mean. WHY!!!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13416603/Oldest-human-viruses-Neanderthal-bones.html

When God decides to destroy a nation, he takes away all wisdom.

apparently the above is not a new and exciting finding. It has been common scientific knowledge for Awhile.

https://answersingenesis.org/noahs-ark/how-did-infectious-diseases-get-on-the-ark/

Syphilis is the commonly cited ancient sexually transmitted disease to consider in light of both proposals for the origin of STDs and the Ark. We know syphilis was present in “ancient” man because Neanderthals had syphilis.19 (In using the word “ancient,” I am not meaning that this was millions or even tens of thousands of years ago, but that it was during the time of civilization a few thousand years ago.) Syphilis is not as severe of a disease today as it was in ancient times. Modern medicine has limited the disease so that it doesn’t progress to the latest stages when gummas are formed. Gummas are open sores known to affect the body and directly impact the skeleton by leaving behind scars on bones, which are how we know that Neanderthal had syphilis (from their bones). Neanderthal remains clearly show that they were sexually promiscuous since many had syphilis. Neanderthals were completely human; therefore, knowing when, where, and how they lived, it is entirely reasonable that Noah’s descendants may have been similar to Neanderthals in their sexual behaviors. We know that Neanderthals became prominent during the Ice Age shortly after the Flood. While we tend to think of the patriarchs as living admirable lives, they had shortcomings just like their contemporaries. The days of Noah within a couple short generations after the Flood could have been similar to today’s standards of sexual promiscuity and immorality.



In summary, the evolutionary origin of syphilis remains an enigma specifically because it is a spirochete germ, there are no close relatives to examine, it has a unique genome, and it does not fit traditional microbiology definitions (e.g., shape and size) used to support its evolutionary origin.20 In all honesty, neither evolutionists nor creationists can definitively conclude the origin of something like syphilis because there are too few clues. However, we can be certain it spread in a post-Flood world and is very ancient to the extent that it could date back as far as Noah’s family.

Syphilis was actually created in Chinese lab funded by Wilhelm Gateous. The lead scientist was Heinreich Faucisi

newp. not buying it. i have it on good authority that both leprosy AND herpes were invented by WunNutDroopOff himself.