I’ve read other articles over the years on this question. The description of Syphillis in the 1500-1600’s were particularly gruesome, the explanation was that the strains that killed their hosts too quickly died out after a few centuries tearing through the Old World.
I’ve also read that Malaria is an Old World import and did not exist in the Americas prior to the Age of Discovery.
Yes, but the libs would like to blame US...the whites for all the evils that’s taken place throughout the world. Especially diseases we gave to the natives, killing many.
Think Africa, think sickle cell resistance