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   Ned Ludd wrote:   
   > Actually, my thought was that the Martians, as a highly advanced   
   > species, likely lost the concept of "disease" -- so when they came to   
   > the dirty, backwards planet Earth to take over, they simply never   
   > imagined a simple virus.   
      
   It says this in Jeff Wayne's version, which presumably is just being   
   faithful to the book. The idea that an advanced species can overlook   
   something very simple, which I'm sure humanity does from time to time.   
      
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