Two biospheres collided during the Colombian Exchange. Of course, nobody understood germs or bacteria or viruses at the time. Blaming Colombia or White guys for this is no more reasonable than it would be for Westerners to blame the Chinese for Bubonic Plague since that’s where scientists think it originated. Mass epidemics were very destructive and tragic but they weren’t anybody’s fault particularly.
but they weren’t anybody’s fault particularly.
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