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: You can't jump from that to intentionally spreading the disease to Indians with blankets, as anti-Christians claim.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:29, 18 March 2009 (EDT) | : You can't jump from that to intentionally spreading the disease to Indians with blankets, as anti-Christians claim.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:29, 18 March 2009 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ::I'm not trying to jump anywhere; I agree that it's a myth. I'm just saying that the lack of knowledge of germ theory is neither here nor there. Incidentally, the *idea* dates to the 1760s-- there just isn't any evidence that anyone actually tried it. [[User:Pepperlynn|Pepperlynn]] 22:46, 18 March 2009 (EDT) | ||
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Just pointing out, this list has two "1"s, when it should have a one followed by a 2....--IScott 11:56, 18 February 2009 (EST)
Smallpox
I don't think there's any real support for the idea that Europeans routinely and deliberately infected Native Americans with smallpox, but the idea that smallpox was communicable *was* well known, so much so that variolation against smallpox was practised in Europe from the 1720s. Pepperlynn
- You can't jump from that to intentionally spreading the disease to Indians with blankets, as anti-Christians claim.--Andy Schlafly 22:29, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
- I'm not trying to jump anywhere; I agree that it's a myth. I'm just saying that the lack of knowledge of germ theory is neither here nor there. Incidentally, the *idea* dates to the 1760s-- there just isn't any evidence that anyone actually tried it. Pepperlynn 22:46, 18 March 2009 (EDT)