Diseases That Ravaged Our Ancestors

Free Hybrid Class
In-person: City of Carlsbad Faraday Administration Building in Room 173B, no registration needed.
Via Zoom: Register at https://nsdcgs.org/learningfrommembers/
Speaker will present in person.

Our concepts of diseases and the diseases that threaten our health have changed radically over time. From ancient writings to modern statistics, we have a good grasp of how and why all of us eventually became ancestors. We also have increasing knowledge of genes that our ancestors have passed down to us, how to test for them, how to prevent their transmission to new generations, and possible ‘cures’ for the diseases we may have inherited.
We shall cover changing concepts of disease, changing causes of death, infectious killers of the past, the disease prices we pay for civilization, a couple of pandemics, the best way to prevent childhood diseases (vaccination!), a brief survey of genetics (linkage markers and genetic-causing mutations), and what we can test for (prevention strategies & emerging cures).
And yet, none of us will get out of this alive.

You may also like the following events from North San Diego County Genealogical Society:

• This month, 16th August, 01:00 pm, Using DNA Test Results in Genealogical Research: A How-To Guide in Carlsbad
• This month, 26th August, 10:00 am, Internet Archive For The Family Historian in Carlsbad

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