i think the idea is that initial contact plague was when natives had the limited immunity that so disproportionately affected natives
after those centuries and contact it wouldn't have been disproportionate anymore so when europeans ordered smallpox blankets it mightve been effectively the same as handing them to white people
im not an epidemiologist so i dont know if thats true but i believe that's the line of argumentation
i think the idea is that initial contact plague was when natives had the limited immunity that so disproportionately affected natives
after those centuries and contact it wouldn't have been disproportionate anymore so when europeans ordered smallpox blankets it mightve been effectively the same as handing them to white people
im not an epidemiologist so i dont know if thats true but i believe that's the line of argumentation