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Why countries blamed each other for syphilis
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National pride strictly dictates that embarrassing venereal diseases must always belong to your immediate neighbors. When massive outbreaks swept across the continent, the English called it the 'French disease', while the French aggressively labeled it the 'Neapolitan disease'. The Russians blamed the Poles, completely ignoring the fundamental biology of the issue.
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