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What would have happened if Native Americans had already had small pox and had immunity before other people showed up?

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If Native Americans had already developed immunity before Europeans brought over smallpox, then it wouldn't have spread so rapidly and killed so many indigenous people. Unfortunately, they didn't have immunity - so a lot of them did die (60-90 percent of tribal populations, I believe?).

May they rest peacefully.

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