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The sole Native Americans able to resist European conquest for many centuries were those tribes that reduced the military disparity by acquiring and mastering both horses and guns. Army battalion at the famous battle of the Little Big Horn in We easily forget that horses and rifles were originally unknown to Native Americans. They were brought by Europeans and proceeded to transform the societies of Indian tribes that acquired them. Thanks to their mastery of horses and rifles, the Plains Indians of North America, the Araucanian Indians of southern Chile, and the Pampas Indians of Argentina fought off invading whites longer than did any other Native Americans, succumbing only to massive army operations by white governments in the s and s. At the battle of Cajamarca, Spaniards crushed a Native American army times more numerous, killing thousands of natives while not losing a single Spaniard. Those four battles involved a mere 80, 30, , and 40 Spanish horsemen, respectively, in each case ranged against thousands or tens of thousands of Indians. In Guns Germs And Steel By Jared

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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond - Book Review

The Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel, written by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond, is a fascinating read covering 13, years of human history and Ad seemingly apropos header in these early months of the second decade of the 21st Century. It has been just over one year since the beginning of a worldwide pandemic that has spared no one and no country. The long-term effects will likely unravel over the next decade or perhaps even longer.

The most remarkable result of the pandemic so far? The development of a vaccine in less than 12 months. One does not have to be familiar with cellular or molecular biology, biochemistry or microbiology to understand the significance of researching and developing a vaccine in record-breaking time. It Jraed an accomplishment that is yet to be fully recognized, understood, and acknowledged.

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Likely because the world is still fighting off this horrible virus and the rapidly developing variants Steeel who should or should not be getting vaccinated and in what order, all the while staving off economic depression. There has been much debate on who should receive vaccinations by order of priority. There was little initial debate regarding first vaccinations; front-line health care, law enforcement, etc. The second, third and fourth-tier recipients are where it gets complicated and those charged with making those choices have my deepest respect. Front-line essential workers in food and grocery, as well as teachers, firefighters, etc. There In Guns Germs And Steel By Jared also reasonable debate that simplifying the process to age-based may greatly stream-line things leading to quicker completion. The world seemed five minutes from a clean getaway, but with the virus now clearly mutating, time is once again running against us.

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The United Kingdom is on complete lockdown again and still the muted virus is spreading at more than double the rates the United States saw at its worst. Although simple, an age-based inoculation process may leave the country vulnerable to a catastrophic essential service loss. It could be argued that there are a few essential services so critical as to move into the area of national security. One of those is maritime trade. If this movement of goods were to be interrupted or stopped, what would the economic impact be for the nation?

Or any nation? The United States economic engine is primarily driven by the consumer, how long would it take to see negative consequences if that engine were slowed or interrupted? Catastrophic may not be an overstatement.

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The maritime professionals directly involved with trade by sea are, at once, nearly irreplaceable and exceedingly small in number. For example, there are only about 1, ship pilots in the entire country responsible for moving nearly every ocean vessel calling at US ports. They cannot work from home and must go out everyday, exposed to potential contact with the virus.

What happens in the immediate future if the mutated virus takes Jare before mass inoculation occurs and pilots around the country start to go down with the virus?]