[Sweet_Sunflower29]

“We have zero resistance to this disease,” Mr Bourland said in an interview

Uhh...you mean just like the entire population consisting of those born after January 1972?

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Wait...that's not quite right. Going from memory, I believe the US military and the population of Europe continued SP vaccines until '82-ish.

:resolves to have facts before posting:

[Paleo Conservative]

“We have zero resistance to this disease,” Mr Bourland said in an interview

Uhh...you mean just like the entire population consisting of those born after January 1972?

People from the Old World have some genetic resistance to smallpox. This came from thousands of years of natural selection. American Indians had never been exposed to smallpox before 1492 and had no gentic resistance to it. They are probably more vulnerable to smallpox and would have higher mortality to it than other populations.