kat_a_klysm t1_iqmh5sy wrote on October 1, 2022 at 1:50 PM

Reply to comment by Skippy_99b in Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University shows by Wagamaga

Idk if I learned it in school, but I definitely knew about it. I’ve heard “small pox blankets” referenced when discussing what the colonizers did to the indigenous folks in the Americas. Same type of stuff.