A fellow Goat just commented this and I thought it deserves its own post. I'd never heard of it.
Nobody questions this, do why do we question the Germans doing the same thing?
"Between 1915 and 1917, typhus (which was sometimes reported as typhoid fever) spread from Mexico City to the provinces from Veracruz to Jalisco....
"U.S. officials quickly adopted a policy of sanitizing Mexican immigrants at a disinfecting station in El Paso....
"Men and women were separated, with any children accompanying the women, into separate buildings, where they were stripped of all clothing and valuables. Clothing and valuables were steamed, while items like shoes, hats or belts, which might be damaged by steam were exposed to cyanogen gas. Attendants examined the nude persons for lice.[8] The officers conducting the strip searches often photographed the nude women and shared the photos to others at bars.[10] If lice were found, men's hair was clipped close to the head and the clippings were burned. Women's hair was doused in a mixture of vinegar and kerosene, wrapped in a towel, and left on the hair for at least 30 minutes. If re-inspection indicated all nits had not been removed, the process was repeated. Once attendants declared the lice test had been "passed", the naked people were gathered in a bathing area and sprayed with a liquid soap made of soap chips and kerosene oil.[8] After collecting their sanitized clothing and dressing, incomers were evaluated by a foreman, vaccinated and given a certificate that they had completed the procedure. From the disinfecting area, migrants then entered the Immigration and Naturalization Service building for processing."
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Jiggggg ago
A fellow Goat just commented this and I thought it deserves its own post. I'd never heard of it.
Nobody questions this, do why do we question the Germans doing the same thing?
"Between 1915 and 1917, typhus (which was sometimes reported as typhoid fever) spread from Mexico City to the provinces from Veracruz to Jalisco....
"U.S. officials quickly adopted a policy of sanitizing Mexican immigrants at a disinfecting station in El Paso....
"Men and women were separated, with any children accompanying the women, into separate buildings, where they were stripped of all clothing and valuables. Clothing and valuables were steamed, while items like shoes, hats or belts, which might be damaged by steam were exposed to cyanogen gas. Attendants examined the nude persons for lice.[8] The officers conducting the strip searches often photographed the nude women and shared the photos to others at bars.[10] If lice were found, men's hair was clipped close to the head and the clippings were burned. Women's hair was doused in a mixture of vinegar and kerosene, wrapped in a towel, and left on the hair for at least 30 minutes. If re-inspection indicated all nits had not been removed, the process was repeated. Once attendants declared the lice test had been "passed", the naked people were gathered in a bathing area and sprayed with a liquid soap made of soap chips and kerosene oil.[8] After collecting their sanitized clothing and dressing, incomers were evaluated by a foreman, vaccinated and given a certificate that they had completed the procedure. From the disinfecting area, migrants then entered the Immigration and Naturalization Service building for processing."
randomfuckingidiot ago
Didnt we also have a giant-ass influenza epidemic a year later that dropped nearly 100 million people?
Yes, we did...
INTERDASTING
lord_nougat ago
Ass influenza is the worst.