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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I don’t know why this is a hard concept to grasp. It seems pretty clear to me that the root cause is neglect and terrible conditions. It could have been TB, or the Spanish Flu, or whatever, but the reason why these things would have hit these schools especially hard is because of the conditions. It doesn’t matter what specific disease they may have died from, were that the cause, because we know the conditions they were in directly contributed to any cause of death, and they were buried in shallow unmarked graves.
People who are singularly focused on guessing at a disease that could have caused this are missing what’s important entirely.
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The why doesn't even really matter. Speculating on that isn't all that productive since we don't even know. What does matter is that it would appear their deaths were hidden, their families likely never knew for sure that they'd died until now. That's where the focus should be. These kids weren't afforded dignity in life, and they were erased in death.