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etaadmin
join:2002-01-17
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | reply to cdru
Re: Super Sad said by cdru:Did you read what you linked to? It wasn't chicken pox, it possibly was small pox if it actually occurred. And other diseases were brought over by early European settlers just like in many other parts of the world where an outsider infects a local population that has built up an immunity to a disease or pathogen. While such vulnerability might have been used as a weapon of sorts, I'd imagine that far more people were caught by the pandemic that just naturally progressed vs. malicious intent. Yes I did read the content but I'm not a doctor to know what exactly what pathogen it was (chicken, small or whatever) all I know is that according to some statements the then US Army knowingly distributed contaminated blankets among the native American community to wipe them out.
said by cdru:No one was intentionally infected with syphilis. All of the individuals that were directly involved with the Tuskegee syphilis experiment already had it. The experiment just withheld treatment, particularly after penicillin was widely accepted for treating syphilis. There were secondary or tertiary infections with wives and kids but they were also not intentionally infected. Probably not but the doctors left those people in the dark about their medical condition and left them untreated so they can watch them die of syphilis.
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Definitely not a shining moments in US history, but not "chemical warfare" by any means.
Absolutely! I wonder what is going on today? | | |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | said by etaadmin:Yes I did read the content but I'm not a doctor to know what exactly what pathogen it was (chicken, small or whatever) Real quick medical lesson: Chicken pox typically causes a rash and blisters (pox) over the body. You get a fever, the rash, and a sore throat. Start to finish is about 2 weeks with only a portion of that where the symptoms are evident. It's uncomfortable, but almost everyone that catches it survives. There are vaccines now, but it is still very prevalent in the world. Prior to the vacination introduction, around a 100 people died annually out of 3-4m infections.
Smallpox gets the fever and rash. Plus bodyache, nausea, vomiting. Then the pox come about 2 weeks later and start to fill with puss, then rupture scabbing over. The scabs fall away leaving permanent scarring. There is no cure once infected. Once infected, mortality rate is about 30% with specific types usually fatal.
Comparing the two is like comparing a sunburn (chickenpox) to a 3rd degree burn (smallpox) over most your body. Both are burns, but they are very different in what they can cause and how they ultimately get treated.
all I know is that according to some statements the then US Army knowingly distributed contaminated blankets among the native American community to wipe them out.
Probably not but the doctors left those people in the dark about their medical condition and left them untreated so they can watch them die of syphilis. | |
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