I have frequently heard about how smallpox devastated the new world’s indigenous populations during the beginning of colonization because they had no natural immunity. What I don’t understand is how did the reverse not happen. I naively assume indigenous diseases would impact Europeans and probably be brought back to Europe but I have never read of this happening.
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Because civilization was different. The tribes of North America lived in much smaller groups and in much less density
Their farming of animals was very different
The tribes of noth America weren’t great hosts for major diseases because the lack of density and mobility
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