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500 years ago, another epidemic swept Mexico: smallpox

by Associated Press
| September 28, 2020 8:09 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There were mass cremations of bodies; entire families died and the inhabitants of the city, afraid to pull their bodies out, simply collapsed their homes on top of them to bury them on the spot.

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