King Phenomenon
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When Europeans came to North America and brought diseases that killed 90% of native Americans could that have been prevented by giving them medicine?
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Medicine did not exist then for those diseases.
King Phenomenon
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Even with medicine smallpox is a problem in parts of the world today. Just not much of the developed world anymore. I had to get vaccinated for it overseas.
Much of it was unintentional but there definitely were deliberate attempts to infect and kill. Biowarfare has existed for as long as we've known dirty blades kill people more efficiently, which is why many smeared feces on their blades.
stvdv
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I doubt this to be true. Just saying
When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of ‘Civilization’ | HISTORY
When you take into account how much the smallpox epidemic alone devastated the much larger empires of the Aztec's and Inca (which were still natives of North and Central America) it's more believable.
https://www.historyhit.com/europeans-smallpox-and-the-americas/
King Phenomenon
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I wonder If these diseases never happened and the Europeans would’ve been wiped out in war and never allowed to settle here. Would we be looking back at the natives as the bad guys?
stvdv
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IF what you say is true AND Europeans bringing smallpox to US, caused 90% of all killed Aztecs and Incas THEN smallpox virus seems to be 1000 times more deadly then Covid.
Thank God, God did not give us a smallpox virus this time
stvdv
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I think this scenario makes more sense
Maybe smallpox killed the remaining 238,000 after guns killed the 15 million
Humans are well known for killing others, I don't see why it would be suddenly smallpox doing the killing in this case, esp. knowing the stories about killings that did happen over there
And the white thought of the natives as being animals, so probably these natives carried plenty of viruses themselves. I just wonder why those viruses did not wipe out the whites
Just does not add up your version IMO
Of course its not something to be proud of, so blaming it on smallpox is more convenient. The same with the Dutch killing in Indonesia and other places.
Humans are known for cruelty and killing. Some even claim Holocaust never happened. I don't buy such stories.
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Twilight Hue
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One would likely think the obvious. Apparently not.
PureX
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We did not have those medicines at that time.
Nope. Aside from the fact that medicines for such diseases had yet to be formulated, I just learned in another thread that diseases are only cured by God's grace.
ratiocinator
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An aside, but not any more - the last naturally occurring case was in 1977.
What is Smallpox? | Smallpox | CDC
Smallpox - Wikipedia
Smallpox vaccine - Wikipedia
There was a case in the UK in 1978 (Post-eradication) but that was from a lab in the University of Birmingham Medical School.
rational experiences
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A crime A.
Life was taken over as country nation DNA owner.
A story asking a question...who do you think you are?
Every nation lived on its own land.
Our DNA country orientated.
Each one group a family. Each families nation special one and unique.
Our great earth family history.
About time you reckoned who you actually represent as a unique family member.
Heyo
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In there lies your error. The Europeans never brought smallpox to the US. (Besides from the US not existing at the time.) Columbus never reached the North American mainland and except from some coastal explorers, neither did any other Europeans. Settlements on the North American continent (as opposed to the islands) started over 100 years after Columbus. At that time smallpox had already travelled from South and Meso America and killed ~ 90% of then living natives.
stvdv
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Someone else claimed Europeans brought smallpox to US
I replied IF what you say is true AND...
So, Not "my error", as I clearly said IF...AND