To: SunkenCiv
But but but!
Who gave it to the vikings?
8 posted on
07/25/2020 11:12:03 AM PDT by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Grimmy
They picked it up during a visit to Poxistan.
9 posted on
07/25/2020 11:17:52 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Grimmy
Who gave it to the vikings? Probably the Arabs.
Small pox is (IIRC) a variation of camel pox that mutated to spread to people.
Most deadly viruses are from animals living in close proximity to humans. Cows, pigs and chickens being the biggest virus reservoirs.
10 posted on
07/25/2020 11:18:20 AM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
To: Grimmy
Who gave it to the vikings? Must have been the Chinese take-outs with their bat soup and flied lice.
12 posted on
07/25/2020 11:21:38 AM PDT by
Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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