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Smallpox blankets are a myth. They were an idea proposed in military correspondence but there is no evidence to support their actual use. https://quod.lib.umi
by donatj 6y ago
Smallpox blankets are a myth. They were an idea proposed in military correspondence but there is no evidence to support their actual use.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/plag/5240451.0001.009/--did-the-us-army-distribute-smallpox-blankets-to-indians?rgn=main;view=fulltext https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/plag/5240451.0001.009/--did-the...
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoThey were indeed used earlier than that (see links), but we don't know if they actually spread smallpox (since the virus was old and the tribes were already experiencing smallpox). Just because we know one instance was false doesn't rule things out. Who knows what we have lost to time. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Pitt#Biological_warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Pitt#Biological_... [2]https://archive.org/stream/fortpittlettersf00darl#page/n103/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/fortpittlettersf00darl#page/n103/...