From the college named after him, Amherst College: "there is no evidence that any infected blankets were distributed at his command" Archive: https://archive.is/P4Cee pic.twitter.com/LGoZP7n8et
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This is a rumor that spread absurdly out of control in the 80s and 90s. see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27774278?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A2266a965d66423bb0b64aebe73004f5a&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents …pic.twitter.com/SenOPlxlYB
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Finally found it, here's the answer to your actual question:pic.twitter.com/4ziRxOdWnR
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Had these bookmarked/archived for awhile since around here this comes up every october/november news cycle eventually.
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The actual trader (not soldier), William Trent, that did make an attempt to distribute infected blankets ended up failing miserably, as documented by his own journal entries wherein his intended victim is perfectly fine a month after receiving the blankets.pic.twitter.com/diOdRtvgDd
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Molyneux is right that the indians had been decimated by smallpox, but not in the form of biological warfare, their outbreaks took place before the suggested contamination plot:pic.twitter.com/OOhW31jvSH
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Did the Europeans even understand infectious disease/microbiology/etc well enough to have conceived of "biological warfare"? Or maybe not without first seeing it happen naturally??
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The British officials’ references to spreading smallpox through blankets show they clearly understood biological warfare. That they didn’t succeed was due to lack of knowledge about the smallpox virus, not lack of the concept or of trying.
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Quite a while actually if not kept in direct sunlight.pic.twitter.com/AKI6IqQEhw
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2 to 4 months dependent on the conditions ...thank you google
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I think 24 hours
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From W.H.O., if you can trust them.pic.twitter.com/nDnNeAYVvb
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I'd imagine it's at least a few weeks. It's not something I've paid much thought to because I can't imagine they'd intentionally wage biological warfare. IIRC the concept of washing your hands to prevent infection/spread of disease wasn't a thing until the 19th century.
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Depending on how it is stored, it can live up to 6 months.
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The real Indian Genocide was not caused by disease. The Indian was fucked out of existence. White men were considered to be better providers, they could feed their offspring without depending on the hunt and could provide luxuries such as shiny beads and sharp knives.
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