[river rat]

Some folks just can't get enough of besmirching evil old white men...

Some INFORMED scholars have submitted a more inclusive hypothesis on the history of Syphilis..

The Origins of Syphilis:
http://www.archaeology.org/9701/newsbriefs/syphilis.html

[stormer]

Huh? Did you read the article you linked to?

“Syphilis, it seems, developed in the New World from yaws, perhaps 1,600 years ago, and was waiting for Columbus and his crew.”