Like... did they all just die and hope for the best and whoever lived they just moved on?
Like... did they all just die and hope for the best and whoever lived they just moved on?
yes
Of course.
Die, mostly.
Yes they died lmao,
Yeah they died or if they survived often have permanent damage
Yes! Aren't vaccines awesome? Please spread the word.
Some got better, a lot died.
Die… a lot.
Yeah pretty much.
People died a lot back in the day. Like, A LOT.
The relationship people had with death in older times was much closer and more frequent. It was something you witnessed fairly regularly.
I mean one of the biggest mortality rates before vaccines became administered was child mortality most kids didn't make it past the age of five
Eurasian diseases killed up to 90% to 95% of the Indigenous population across the Americas
So, yeah, people died
Back in my mom's hometown they had chickenpox parties. I don't know how effective that was, but it's what they did.