Brits' Plan in 1788 to Stop Smallpox May Have Backfired
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Coverage (5)
- Modeling reveals Sydney's 1789 smallpox outbreak killed as many as 220,000 indigenous Australians Phys.org · 7h ago
- Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research The Conversation · 7h ago
- Smallpox Scabs That British Doctors Used to Inoculate Patients May Have Introduced the Deadly Disease to Australia, New Research Suggests Smithsonian Magazine · 7h ago
- Smallpox in colonial Australia Nature · 7h ago
- Brits' Plan in 1788 to Stop Smallpox May Have Backfired Newser · 7h ago broke it first
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