Re: What about Syphilis?
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 03-18-2020 - 16:57
Yikes Wrote:
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> I've heard a theory that European explorers like
> our hero Christopher Columbus brought Syphilis to
> the New World. Leave it to a bunch of horny
> sailors. Didn't European diseases also wipe out
> native popluations in vast numbers?
>
> PS. Europeans also introduced invasive species
> like Himalayan Blackberries (an awful weed), and
> the English Starling to America.
>
> Footnote: I don't see oozing pus listed as a
> symptom of Syphilis.
And Scotch Broom, and English Ivy. At least Himalayan Blackberrys are delicious.