When the Europeans travelled to the New World and brought the diseases that wiped out so many Native Americans, why didn’t the local diseases have the same impact on them?

Question

Were the endemic diseases just less severe?

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Answer 1

Europe probably had a sea between the cities and the diseases, meaning whoever got infected of malaria or dengue would probably be cured or dead before reaching their home. Americans had their homes right there next to the sources of infection.