It is not as crazy as it sounds.
People with sickle cell trait are significantly more healthy that those without the trait when living in a malaria endemic area.
The prevelance of the condition is high enough that exploration of benefits from the trait is reasonable.
“The prevelance of the condition is high enough that exploration of benefits from the trait is reasonable.”
About that prevelance...I just hope that mother nature isn’t about to turn the clock back 5000 years!