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Eurоpeаn strаins оf Smаllpоx are believed to have decimated nearly 90% of the Native American population by the 16th century, creating the world's worst demographic disaster. Scholars such as Jared Diamond argue that the reason Smallpox spread so rapidly in the Americas was
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