Comment Re:Yikes (Score 2) 754
Since Plague is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia Pestis) and influenza by a virus, I fail to see how a gene for surviving the plague has anything to do with immunity to the flu. In fact, I'm pretty sure I have a counter-example, because IIRC influenza death rates in the 1918 pandemic were higher in Europe than elsewhere. And before you ask, 1918 was a more-lethal-than-usual strain of H1N1, which provides absolutely no immunity against other HxNy mutations.