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Why did so many indigenous people die from diseases like smallpox?
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∙ 6y ago
They were exposed for the first time to some kinds of sicknesses. This then spread.
Frances Nicolas
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∙ 14y agoNative Americans had never been exposed to the diseases which European immigrants brought with them. Therefore, they had not had any opportunity to build immunity to these diseases, while the Europeans had that opportunity. Immunity to something requires exposure to the particular disease-causing agent for a particular disease.
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∙ 15y agoThe Europeans had previously lived in more crowded areas, which caused different kinds of sicknesses that Native Americans were not yet immune to, because they had never been exposed to those sicknesses before. this made them very weak to them, and even lead to death while Europeans were used to them.
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∙ 9y agoOverpopulated cities and lack of sewers made illnesses spread easily. Waste was dumped into the streets and germs found their way into the drinking water. The germ theory had not been known yet and there was no need to clean what could not be seen.
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∙ 13y agoThey never built up immunities to them.
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immunisation
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Because you only live once
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The people did not have immunity against the disease
Why did disease kill many Indigenous people?
The flu killed the Native Americans because the disease had never introduced to them. When it came to them so suddenly it was deadly. The Native Americans hadn't built up there immune system to be able to defend the diseases that were brought by Christopher Columbus and his crew.
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