AI6YR BenApr 21

Ah yes, not like the flu has ever affected the US military badly before.

WaPo: Wapo: Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says

#influenza #uspol #flu #publichealth

Show threadjaKa MočnikApr 21
@ai6yr I see US enemies organizing cough brigades.
Show threadAI6YR BenApr 21
@jkmcnk "Look! We've gotten blanket donations to send to the troops from the Chinese and Russian military! What a wonderful peace gesture!"
Show threadAI6YR Ben

(for history of deliberate genocide using blankets infected with smallpox)

American Society fo Microbiolity: Investigating the Smallpox Blanket Controversy

https://asm.org/articles/2023/november/investigating-the-smallpox-blanket-controversy

#smallpox #genocide

Investigating the Smallpox Blanket Controversy | ASM.org

Lingering questions surround deliberate smallpox outbreaks among Native Americans, leaving a legacy of trauma and distrust in Native communities to this day. This article seeks to answer these questions.

ASM.org
Apr 21 at 4:16pmWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenApr 21

From the article:

"Yet, the most infamous records of intentionally spreading smallpox to Native Americans occurred in 1763 at Fort Pitt (present day downtown Pittsburgh). On June 24, 1763, William Trent, a fur trader commissioned at Fort Pitt, wrote in his journal after a failed negotiation between the British and the Delaware tribe. He stated that they had given the emissaries food, and as Trent wrote, “Out of our regard to them we gave them 2 Blankets and an (sic) Handkerchief out of the Small pox (sic) Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect.”"

#genocide #smallpox