The infected blanket story is almost entirely bullshit.
The infected blanket story is almost entirely bullshit.
That's the current revisionist spin, at least.
Biological warfare has been practiced in Europe since the era of the Black Plague, if not longer. Catapulting infectious corpses over city walls was a proven method of weakening a besieged community.
The spanish didn't even need to use blankets in the Caribbean.
Completely disregarding their toxic belief system & their inherent parasitic nature, their septic presence on its own was lethal to the Indigenous populations of the region.
That's the current revisionist spin, at least.
Biological warfare has been practiced in Europe since the era of the Black Plague, if not longer. Catapulting infectious corpses over city walls was a proven method of weakening a besieged community.
The spanish didn't even need to use blankets in the Caribbean.
Completely disregarding their toxic belief system & their inherent parasitic nature, their septic presence on its own was lethal to the Indigenous populations of the region.
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