May 30, 2008: Uncontacted Indigenous People

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I'm noticing that only things that affect the entire tribe are meaningful in these arguments; and if individuals die of dysentery, inevitable where there's lack of clean water supply, or of infection, inevitable without antibiotics, they are irrelevant.

Inevitable? They don't have access to charcoal for their dysentery? No antibiotics at all? What about honey? Carob powder? Garlic?

Isn't it inevitable that half to most will die when they are contacted by foreigners?