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You seem to be referring to the theory that no significant evolution has occurred in humans in recent history. This theory is increasingly disputed in light of the evidence.
Immunities are awfully significant! If you didn't have them you'd enjoy a swift death.
Either way, though, it's not the case that evolution would "continue" "improving" us, just that we'd be different in whatever way we'd be different. We're not more evolved at later points than earlier points; Azathoth doesn't care about that kind of directionality.