In the years that followed Columbus's voyage, many species of plants and animals crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time, in what is sometimes known as the "Columbian exchange".
"Some people have said [the population] might have been as much as 100 million, others say, no, it's probably only more like 10," he says. "So this New World slavery is also a legacy of this lack of immunity or possessing immunity. It was a decisive factor in the whole history of the settlement of the Americas and also Australia and New Zealand."It wasn't just Columbus whose colonial plans were stopped by infectious disease.
But unlike the slaves, the soldiers had no herd immunity to yellow fever, which was rife in the region. "In addition, Napoleon realised that he didn't have a base for his ambitions in North America, and so he sold, to Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana."So we see yellow fever playing a huge geopolitical role in reorienting the balance of power among the great powers of the period, and we see the emergence of the United States as a very significant regional power to eventually becoming a global power."Cholera first appeared in the 19th century, during the Industrial Revolution.
"Cholera gave rise to enormous social tensions because it was clearly a class disease. People in the slums of Naples or Paris or London could see that with their own eyes," he says.
Sounds like something you’d say beyondIsrael !
TraceySpicer What I'm afraid of is that it won't change anything
At least the authorities are handling it better than in the past. (well most of them anyway)
. This article reminds that civil revolt - revolution - is needed to overthrow powerful forces enslaving the masses. It always sounds good - exchange labour for wages - but the imbalance soon becomes clear. Social Democracies are better for people than Capitalist greed. .
lmao. sure thing pal. whatever you put in your fake news.. lol War Room: Pandemic EP 184 - Heat-Seeking Missile (w/ Kevin Freeman and Brian Kolfage)
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