Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world's deadliest virus

EurekAlert! ^ | July 23, 2020 | St John's College, University of Cambridge

[Deplorable American1776]

Now, who gave smallpox to the Vikings? Que the History 'I'm not saying, but was it Aliens? ' 😋guy.

[KarlInOhio]

Smallpox spread from person to person via infectious droplets,

It is also spread by drilling into the teeth of dead Vikings.

[njslim]

Practice social distancing …...

[gov_bean_ counter]

Poxistan

Ol, I chuckled a bit.

[Grimmy]

Random weird question:

I wonder how the Mongol practice of depopulating entire areas impacted the spread of diseases from east to west back in the day?

Did it halt some plagues?

Did it push plagues to the west with the refugees that managed to get away?

[Salamander]

Well that’s fecking disgusting.

:-P

[Grimmy]

Of course it is.

Arabs. They’re all about the gross.

[desertfreedom765]

SmallPox and the Plague are the 2 worst infections diseases of all time. One a virus and one a bacterium.

Malaria is probably an honorable mention. or dishonorable to be more accurate.

[dfwgator]

If only they’d won one of those Super Bowls.

[Sacajaweau]

What are the consequences of “digging” into smallpox infestations? It’s one of the reasons I don’t agree with grave digging.

[cork]

What did Fauci do? He was around back then wasn’t he?

[al_c]

So ... if we can’t say COVID was started by the Chinese without being called racists, is this author racist against Vikings? /s

[preacher]

lr

[BiteYourSelf]

👍

[SunkenCiv]

The usual way — armor, axe-swingin’, sword thrustin’ shield wall last resortin’ berserkin’!

[EinNYC]

Judging from the teeth, this was a pretty young person in their prime.

[SunkenCiv]

Probably flossed every day. Good dental care helps stave off certain health problems. :^)

[Pollard]

I thought you'd be bigger

Damn blonde white vikings, killing people with their white diseases

[Pollard]

But she was a really pretty camel