https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e This highlights 4 social determinants of health and how they're connected to smallpox in Amerindian communities. en-us 2020-11-09 17:43:41 UTC 2020-11-09 18:16:22 UTC hello@padlet.com katoc004 https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905275513 2020-11-09 17:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905275513 katoc004 https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905283698 Because the Aztecs had no natural immunity to smallpox--they had never encountered it before--they were especially vulnerable to the virus (Smallpox: The Triumph, 2017).]]> 2020-11-09 17:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905283698 katoc004 https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905283969 The Spanish, led by Cortes, came to conquest the Aztec civilization for land and riches (“The True History”.) As they came to conquer, they brought disease like smallpox with them and infected the Aztecs ("How Smallpox devastated", 2019)]]> 2020-11-09 17:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905283969 katoc004 https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905343397 Smallpox was a viral infection that Aztecs had 1) no natural immunity to and 2) no anti-viral treatment for ("How Smallpox devastated", 2019). As they were exposed, they were only able to rely on their own immune systems to fight it because they did not have a vaccine (Smallpox: The Triumph, 2017).]]> 2020-11-09 18:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905343397 katoc004 https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905404343 As a virus without a vaccination, the Aztec could only rely on the limited medical care of the time. Variolation preceded a vaccine, but was not available in the New World until the 1700s, allowing many Aztecs to perish from the virus before then (Smallpox: The Triumph, 2017).]]> 2020-11-09 18:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katoc004/7ab8894lzpq5oa3e/wish/905404343