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Who was nearly wiped out by smallpox in Australia?

Australia's Aborigines.


How was the smallpox virus wiped out?

The use of aggressive vaccination.


When did the hopi's die?

They have not died yet, but most of them got wiped out my smallpox


Did Inca die of smallpox?

most of them yes the rest were wiped out by conquistadors.


Has smallpox been wiped out?

Globally across the world, yes. Although, there could still be smallpox virus but frozen somewhere across the world.


What are some extinct diseases?

Rinderpest and Smallpox are the only two in history to be considered fully wiped out, although there are some samples of the Smallpox virus being stored in a lab.


What effect did European exploration have on Native Americans?

The Europeans carried deadly diseases into America killing most of the native population. The most deadly of these diseases were typhus, measles, Bubonic Plague, malaria, and smallpox. In the early 1700s, smallpox wiped out half the Cherokee. In the early 1800s, it wiped out two-thirds of the Omaha and all the Mandan people. Smallpox killed at least half of the west native population.


Is there a scapegoat for smallpox?

There is no known scapegoat for the disease smallpox, but it can be vaccinated with the pus from the 'spots' caused by the similar infection known as cowpox. As a result, smallpox was the first disease to have been permanently wiped off the face of the earth, and it is so far the only one.


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Whales, Bears, and Beavers were almost wiped out in north America


Who wiped out half of the aborigines in sydney by may 1789?

Smallpox unintentionally introduced from British colonists wiped out more than half of all Aboriginal peoples in the Sydney region in the first year.


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