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by SamReidHughes 1058 days ago
You must find it really confusing how smallpox killed off the Indians.
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What's confusing about an isolated population that doesn't have variola virus antibodies being more susceptible than a population with antibodies and a much longer generational history of exposure?
I find it really confusing how you think that has to do with genetics...