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Are you rich enough to survive this pandemic? It was true in America during Colonial times- Yellow Fever the rich quarantined at “country homes”in Germantown, outside Philly. Were we being indoctrinated to accept the rich deserved to live more than poor? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/coronavirus-inequality-america.html
In 1793, George Washington took refuge at Bringhurst House from the deadly yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. It was called the Germantown White House. See National Park Service
African Americans played a vital role in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Benjamin Rush pleaded for the help of Philadelphia’s free black community, believing that African Americans were immune to the disease. http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu
“African Americans worked tirelessly with the sick and dying as nurses, cart drivers, coffin makers, and grave diggers. “. http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu
“Despite Dr. Rush’s theory, 240 African Americans died of Yellow Fever. “ http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu I bet you never read the information in this thread in your history books! See Penn State link. Same Dr. Benjamin Rush that signed Dec. of Independence.
