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       Smallpox Blankets/ Investigating the Smallpox Blanket Controvers
       y Alicea Hibbard, MHA
       By: Masked Man Date: January 6, 2026, 9:52 pm
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       Two programs to watch and read here…
       SUMMARY:
       Explore the dark and often overlooked history of smallpox
       blankets in colonial America. This video uncovers how European
       settlers and colonial powers used disease as a weapon against
       Indigenous peoples, the devastating consequences it had on
       communities, and the myths vs. facts surrounding this chilling
       chapter of history.
       LINK:
  HTML https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=564KKf-Jc1g&pp=ygUmc21hbGwgcG94IGJsYW5rZXRzLiBlY2hvZXMgIG9mIEFtZXJpY2E%3D
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       Investigating the Smallpox Blanket Controversy
       Alicea Hibbard, MHA
       SUMMARY:
       “In Indian Country, it is an accepted fact that white settlers
       distributed items, such as blankets contaminated with smallpox
       and other infectious diseases, aiming to reduce the population
       of Native people resisting their Manifest Destiny. These
       accounts have left a legacy of trauma and distrust in Native
       communities that persist to this day. It comes as quite a
       surprise to Indigenous people to learn that a controversy exists
       regarding the veracity of these events. This article aims to
       answer some of the lingering questions while shedding light on
       the controversy.“
       LINK:
  HTML https://asm.org/articles/2023/november/investigating-the-smallpox-blanket-controversy
       Side-Comment:
       It being Jan 7, 2026 the hey day of the 'super-flu' occurring
       even while other viruses continue to circulate, hospitals being
       burdened and the flu being the highest ever recorded since the
       CDC began keeping records in 1997, I can't help but think about
       hospital waiting rooms and other hospital and health care
       facilities and the maskless people infecting one another...
       ...all I can think of is if a blanket is capable of initially
       infecting somebody with an airborne illness or disease, then
       obviously and surely  maskless people can and will infect one
       another at the healthcare facility.
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