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they caught it by high fevers and blisters, and when they traded with the British.

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The smallpos were created by a mutation of a different virus. So the first person who got smallpox dint really got smallpox but something else.

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Smallpox arrived in America with European settlers. Sometimes smallpox tainted blankets were given to different tribes by traders to annihilate the native Americans.

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Smallpox is a INFECTIOUS DISEASE because you can catch it easily and it is common for people to catch it.


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