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Originally Posted by pepper24
Don't want to discount the neglect and the blackeye on Canadian history from these schools but not sure if they were directly/murdering these kids. I might be wrong though.
Weren't they dying from diseases also affecting the general population? Diseases that are no longer rabid due to medical advancements like vaccines etc. I remember in an university course that there was a lot of tuberculosis, meningitis, measles etc in residential schools but also in the general public during that era. The rates probably higher in these schools from neglect etc. I know my grandparents and great grandparents all lost siblings from these diseases and child mortality was a lot higher than compared to today.
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Probably better to just go back and read the discussion. That't not a shot or anything, but the better part of the first half of this thread was based around what you're asking, so we'd just be repeating everything.