**Syphilis: Did Christopher Columbus bring the STD to Europe?**

"_The sexually transmitted disease originated in the Americas 8,000 years ago. But there's evidence that 15th-century colonialists spread Syphilis worldwide._"

🔗 https://www.dw.com/en/syphilis-did-christopher-columbus-bring-the-std-to-europe/a-71096335.

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