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In reply to the discussion: Cher Savages Thanksgiving: ‘I Don’t’ Celebrate the ‘Beginning of a Great Crime’ [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)73. OK, I'll give you that, but...
Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox Don't forget to look at the picture for how bedding can become infected with the smallpox virus.
No confusion there.
How is smallpox spread?
Smallpox normally spreads from contact with infected persons. Generally, direct and fairly prolonged face-to-face contact is required to spread smallpox from one person to another. Smallpox also can be spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated objects such as bedding or clothing. Indirect contact is not common. Rarely, smallpox has been spread by virus carried in the air in enclosed settings such as buildings, buses, and trains. Smallpox is not known to be transmitted by insects or animals.
Smallpox is an acute, contagious, and sometimes fatal disease caused by an orthopoxvirus
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There is no proven treatment for smallpox, but research to evaluate new antiviral agents is ongoing.
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The smallpox vaccine is the only way to prevent smallpox. The vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, which is another pox-type virus related to smallpox.
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The vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, another pox-type virus related to smallpox.
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The smallpox vaccine does not contain smallpox virus and cannot spread or cause smallpox.
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http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/7004/
The blanket shit was tried and people died. History keeps being rewritten. The white man was far worse at being savage than the American aboriginals at the time. The original inhabitants were defending their homes, their hunting grounds from a ruthless enemy, mainly us white people, bent on eradicating them.
I suspect you have no idea of the racism against the American Indians at the time. They were considered to be animals, savages, an infection of the land, to be eradicated, so their land could be 'settled'. Wiping out villages of women and children, while the men were away hunting for food was bragged about as something to be proud of. Everything was tried, including the smallpox contaminated blankets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox Don't forget to look at the picture for how bedding can become infected with the smallpox virus.
No confusion there.
How is smallpox spread?
Smallpox normally spreads from contact with infected persons. Generally, direct and fairly prolonged face-to-face contact is required to spread smallpox from one person to another. Smallpox also can be spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated objects such as bedding or clothing. Indirect contact is not common. Rarely, smallpox has been spread by virus carried in the air in enclosed settings such as buildings, buses, and trains. Smallpox is not known to be transmitted by insects or animals.
Smallpox is an acute, contagious, and sometimes fatal disease caused by an orthopoxvirus
<SNIP>
There is no proven treatment for smallpox, but research to evaluate new antiviral agents is ongoing.
<SNIP>
The smallpox vaccine is the only way to prevent smallpox. The vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, which is another pox-type virus related to smallpox.
<SNIP>
The vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, another pox-type virus related to smallpox.
<SNIP>
The smallpox vaccine does not contain smallpox virus and cannot spread or cause smallpox.
<SNIP>
http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/7004/
The blanket shit was tried and people died. History keeps being rewritten. The white man was far worse at being savage than the American aboriginals at the time. The original inhabitants were defending their homes, their hunting grounds from a ruthless enemy, mainly us white people, bent on eradicating them.
I suspect you have no idea of the racism against the American Indians at the time. They were considered to be animals, savages, an infection of the land, to be eradicated, so their land could be 'settled'. Wiping out villages of women and children, while the men were away hunting for food was bragged about as something to be proud of. Everything was tried, including the smallpox contaminated blankets.
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Cher Savages Thanksgiving: ‘I Don’t’ Celebrate the ‘Beginning of a Great Crime’ [View all]
Tx4obama
Nov 2013
OP
people are great at pointing fingers at others yet are blind to the 3 pointing back at them
leftyohiolib
Nov 2013
#4
I don't know what you are reading, but the first paragraph to the first link is:
icymist
Nov 2013
#43
It wouldn't hurt her to cough up some of her millions to help the alleviate the suffering of
Rozlee
Nov 2013
#29
the pilgrims of our 1st thanksgiving did all that? or is she blaming them for something
leftyohiolib
Nov 2013
#8
you might want to read through this post to see what that first "thanksgiving" really celebrated
niyad
Nov 2013
#20
Nobody back then had a good idea of what diseases were or how they were transmitted
bhikkhu
Nov 2013
#23
They may have GIVEN them blankets, but that does not meat it actually WORKED.
Drahthaardogs
Nov 2013
#27
uh, no, this particular celebration actually has nothing to do with harvest festivals:
niyad
Nov 2013
#24
it is almost mind-boggling how you can dismiss the near-genocide by the european invaders as
niyad
Nov 2013
#53
actually, no, it isn't that simple. it really helps to know what the background is on things.
niyad
Nov 2013
#72
have you actually read the account of this holiday, which is what some of us are discussing?
niyad
Nov 2013
#83
It is the only holiday that hasn't been hijacked by the war mongers or the Christians (or both)
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#52
i don't think anyone is celebrating that, for most it's about Food, being with Family
JI7
Nov 2013
#68
I just came back from Twitter. I asked Cher if she was Armenian or American.
Major Hogwash
Nov 2013
#91
Well, I suppose that's better than falsely claiming Native American ancestry. nt
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#92
She was born in America, which means that she could have native American ancestry.
Major Hogwash
Nov 2013
#93
No--she tried claiming that when "Half-Breed" came out, but she couldn't prove that.
msanthrope
Nov 2013
#94