You guys know why the Spanish spread smallpox to the natives in what’s now Mexico and they were wiped out? They had no smallpox vaccine.
That is debatable.
Firt off, no vaccine has ever proven effective against any illness. NONE.
Second, there is an alternate theory about why the American Indians died off when they came into contact with the European settlers. It has nothing to do with a virus.
The Europeans and Indians wanted to trade with each other, and they did. The Europeans were far more advanced in technology. One of the things they had that the Indians did not were beds, mattresses, and bedding material. Indians liked these, and traded for them.
But bed bugs are attracted to such things. The bed bugs may be what caused the outbreak of illness, that was labeled small pox. The Europeans knew better how to deal with it than the Indians.
In the early 20th century, there was a small pox outbreak in Texas. A man (Campbell?) thought it might have to do with bed bugs. So, he worked on getting rid of the bed bugs, and then the small pox vanished. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize for figuring this out.
That is debatable.
Firt off, no vaccine has ever proven effective against any illness. NONE.
Second, there is an alternate theory about why the American Indians died off when they came into contact with the European settlers. It has nothing to do with a virus.
The Europeans and Indians wanted to trade with each other, and they did. The Europeans were far more advanced in technology. One of the things they had that the Indians did not were beds, mattresses, and bedding material. Indians liked these, and traded for them.
But bed bugs are attracted to such things. The bed bugs may be what caused the outbreak of illness, that was labeled small pox. The Europeans knew better how to deal with it than the Indians.
In the early 20th century, there was a small pox outbreak in Texas. A man (Campbell?) thought it might have to do with bed bugs. So, he worked on getting rid of the bed bugs, and then the small pox vanished. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize for figuring this out.