I forgot to say, small pox he believed came from bed bugs, which when indians began trading with settlers they would often trade for these mattresses or cushions which he believes had bed bugs which would then infect the indians. The settlers had a lesser mortality rate to it as they were more proficient at cleaning these mattreses or had built up immunity over time to being exposed to these bugs.

The book virus mania was also a great read on the whole covid scam.