The American Revolutionary War

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Anti-vaxxers, Antisocial behaviour, Epidemic of 1775-/1782, Experts, George Washington, Numbers, Pontiac's War, The American Revolutionary War

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The American Revolutionary War: Smallpox and George Washington

Anti-vaxxers are everywhere, but a large number live in the United States, southern states in particular. Protesting the vaccine has become a trend. People everywhere, including Canadians, are “shaking hands with the devil” (Roméo Dallaire). They defy experts, thereby spreading the Covid-19 virus, (SARS-CoV-2). The variants of Covid-19 are deadlier that the initial coronavirus. The recovery rate from infections from variants of Covid-19 is very low. In other words, there is abundant proof that Covid-19, the Delta variant especially, is highly transmissible. So, anti-vaxxers should provide proof positive and undeniable that Covid-19 and its variants are harmless.

George Washington

You will remember that Jeffery Amherst, the governor of New York, wished to infect indigenous people which led to Pontiac’s War. Pontiac’s War was so violent that George III of England issued his Royal Proclamation of 1763. During the French régime, Amerindians had lived mostly undisturbed West of the Thirteen Colonies. Jeffery Amherst attempted a genocide. Amerindians were given smallpox-contaminated blankets. They had no immunity to smallpox, so exposure was genocidal.

That story is not over. There was a smallpox epidemic during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). The epidemic is remembered as the American Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-1782. A little earlier, smallpox also devastated Baja California. George Washington isolated victims and when the vaccine arrived in the United States, he ordered vaccination of endangered Americans. (Please read American Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-1782, Wikipedia.)

“Washington understood the destructive nature of smallpox and other diseases such as malaria, diphtheria, and scarlet fever. He was one of the first to introduce the idea of compulsory health initiatives such as widespread inoculation. Washington also had experience with disease outside the realm of combat and war. Having himself suffered from many illnesses and observing those of his family, George Washington was an integral part of the establishment of American public health programs.

Along with quarantine, another one of Washington’s methods for keeping his men healthy was with the use of inoculation.”

(See North American Smallpox Epidemic, Wikipedia.)

The Anti-Vaxxers

At first, obnoxious, but increasingly anti-social groups, would not wear a mask (See Anti-social behaviour, Wikipedia). Many of these individuals are now resisting inoculation. They do so in the name of a freedom one does not have. We stop at the red light and do not grow tomatoes in our neighbour’s backyard. Freedom ends at the picket fence.

Ma petite idée…

To anti-vaxxers everywhere. If you wish to die promptly and painfully, in the name of some conspiracy, expose yourself to the virus, in a monitored manner. You mustn’t infect others. So, after exposure, you will be isolated. If you do not contract Covid-19, or one of its variants, governments will have proof that Covid-19, the Delta variant especially, are harmless, which I doubt will happen at this point…

Experts have ample proof that the virus is deadly. More than six hundred thousand Americans have died of Covid-19 (see World Health Organization). Please, do not protest unless you can substantiate your claim that Covid-19 does not kill.

Love to everyone 💕

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/watch/a-surge-of-covid-19-cases-in-the-usa-dampens-border

https://www.whitehouse.gov/covidplan/

© Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Covid-19 response and the vaccination program at the White House on August 23, 2021 in Washington,DC. – The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, a move that triggered a new wave of vaccine mandates as the Delta variant batters the country. Around 52 percent of the American population is fully vaccinated, but health authorities have hit a wall of vaccine hesitant people, impeding the national campaign. (Photo by Jim WATSON/AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Roger Seheult, MD

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Guerre de la Conquête, The American Revolutionary War

**French and Indian War** (American Revolution Podcast)

I will be separating the Battle of Quebec, fought in 1775, from battles waged during the French and Indian War. It was an early battle in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). At times, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War overlap.

We will continue to read Aubert de Gaspé’s Anciens Canadiens. The backdrop of Aubert de Gaspé’s novel is the defeat of New France, but it happened in a multifaceted conflict. For instance, what was George Washington doing at the battle of Jumonville Glen, the first battle of the French and Indian War? Moreover, although the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 miffed future Americans, why would anyone attack Quebec City at the end of December, when it was much too cold. Canadians could protect themselves, but soldiers living in a warmer land were much too vulnerable.

Sources and Resources

Guerre de la Conquête (fr Wikipedia)
Le Siège de Québec, 1759 (fr Wikipedia)
The Conquest of New France (Canadian Encyclopedia)
American Revolution Podcast

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