https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh Made with big dreams en-us 2021-06-20 06:09:15 UTC 2024-09-29 14:16:34 UTC hello@padlet.com siddi087 https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616630616 My padlet will encompass the interaction between the Spaniards and the Aztecs, which despite intentions and bloodshed, left the Aztecs in terrible shape due to a microscopic killer known as smallpox!]]> 2021-06-21 01:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616630616 siddi087 https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616633641 The infection of smallpox can only occur from person to person. Since this is the case, smallpox is said to be been transmitted by the Spaniards to the Aztecs upon their first interactions. In just 1 year, smallpox was able to tackle 40% of the Aztec population, showing just how intense it's spread can be.]]> 2021-06-21 01:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616633641 siddi087 https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616640730 Since the interaction took place from two entirely different worlds, geography severely matters to the result of the disease. While Europeans were fighting smallpox for years, the Aztecs were completely unaware of its existence on the other side of the world. The Aztecs became examples of the relentless nature of smallpox onto a population with no immunity. The Americas, much different that Eurasia, experienced the brutality of smallpox which Europeans were only becoming more and more immune to.]]> 2021-06-21 01:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616640730 siddi087 https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616652585 Tying into the lack of immunity for the Aztecs. Moreover, since smallpox is only able to be transmitted from human to human, our genetics allowed for the disease to thrive off human hosts.]]> 2021-06-21 01:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616652585 siddi087 https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616659465 Despite the Aztecs being a well-developed people, smallpox was strive mowing individuals down left and right. With no proper response to the disease, the Aztecs could only hope for the repression of the death toll about to take place after the Spaniards left. The lack of any understanding of how to stop and control such a violent disease was essentially incomprehensible, as the disease spared them no time.]]> 2021-06-21 01:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/siddi087/a80plo3btv7zdejh/wish/1616659465