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To: marcos who wrote (14091)1/28/2002 11:49:22 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
That 90% death rate due to disease is consistent with North American statistics, in places where the Native Americans were not enslaved, and even in places where they had had minimal contact with Europeans. In large part, the deaths were due to smallpox, a scourge which came into being in Europe, Africa, and Asia after those people's ancestors had crossed over, most likely in two great waves, most likely from Siberia.

It was so devastating that entire villages were found to be wiped out, with people dropping dead on the ground. The description of their experiences with the disease sound remarkably like the devastation of Ebola, a quick course of disease culminating by exsanguination from every orifice. However, Ebola requires physical contact with infected fluids, while smallpox requires no vectors. Breathing the breath of someone who is infected is enough to transmit it.

The death toll for Europeans was only in the range of 30%, but 50% for infants under two.
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