What If All Viruses Vanished?

In the past couple years, you may have found yourself wishing that all the viruses in the world just disappear. But be careful what you wish for...Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ----------Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow----------Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:Bryan Cloer, Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams, Tom Mosner----------Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.orgFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishowTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishowInstagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow----------Sources:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7609044/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-019-0205-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro1750 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7158166/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7173522/ https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/the-origins-of-viruses-14398218/ https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-vi-04-071217-100011 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00536-5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7181997/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510254/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-021-00897-y https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/endogenous-retrovirus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093845/ https://www.energy.gov/science/ber/articles/soil-viruses-rich-reservoir-diversity https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-015-0400-7 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/030326479390044D https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.01145-20 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2014.0327IMAGEShttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/risk-of-coronavirus-sick-black-woman-coughing-hard-at-home-gm1227312292-361918560https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/coronavirus-structure-with-complete-surface-protein-representations-in-blue-gm1221046101-357783442https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HI-virion-structure.svghttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-human-microbiome-genetic-material-of-all-the-microbes%C2%A0that-live-on-and-inside-gm1279892500-378359062https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dna-sequence-gel-gm1056641206-282381369https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/coral-reef-gm153971297-17794310https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blue-open-sea-environment-travel-and-nature-concept-gm1147989465-309873354https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_critters.jpghttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fertile-garden-soil-texture-background-top-view-gm645275908-116963183https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dna-genetic-code-colorful-gm1155230515-314432616https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megavirus.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_(CDC-23311).pnghttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-human-microbiome-genetic-material-of-all-the-microbes%C2%A0that-live-on-and-inside-gm1279892500-378359062https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smallpox_virus_virions_TEM_PHIL_1849.JPGhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Measles_virus.JPGhttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sick-woman-with-flu-cold-fever-and-cough-sitting-on-couch-at-home-ill-person-blowing-gm1124732633-295379592