fruskydekke t1_j68m90e wrote on January 28, 2023 at 3:03 PM Reply to comment by MaliciousHippie in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH >the flu will end their lives The only way they will get flu would be by contact with outsiders. (Which is why that arrogant missionary may, for all we know, have killed them by carrying with him the common cold, or other viruses they have no resistance to). Permalink Parent 14
fruskydekke t1_j68m90e wrote
Reply to comment by MaliciousHippie in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH
>the flu will end their lives
The only way they will get flu would be by contact with outsiders. (Which is why that arrogant missionary may, for all we know, have killed them by carrying with him the common cold, or other viruses they have no resistance to).