There are an estimated77 Indian tribesliving in isolation in the Amazon rain forest . These groups choose to steer clear of outsiders , but thanks to illegal loggers , drug marketer , and rock oil workers , they are being force out of their dry land and threatened with disease . Recently , one such chemical group come out from the rainforest near the Brazil - Peruvian borderline and made contact with another endemic community , marking the first time in recent history that such an marooned federation of tribes prepare out to visit asettled population . But as a result of their sashay , at least seven of the kindred members have contacted grippe , according to Brazil ’s National Indian Foundation , FUNAI.This could write catastrophe for a group that miss immunity to the germ .
“ This news could hardly be more disturbing — not only have these the great unwashed confirmed they suffered wild attacks from outsider in Peru , but they have patently already caught influenza , ” says Stephen Corry , manager ofSurvival International , which fights to protect grouping of indigenous people .
It ’s not clear who give these tribespeople the grippe — the other tribe they meet , care worker , or the people encroach upon their land . FUNAI tried to clean up the flock as swiftly as possible by handle the infected and giving them influenza snap . regrettably , they return to the forest abruptly , presumably to join the rest of their village . Now researchers are worried the malady will diffuse , and for good reason . Between1983 and 1985,nearly one-half of another universe was eliminated due to illnesses evanesce from loggers .
" The uncontacted Indians now face the same genocidal risk of exposure from disease and violence which has characterize the intrusion and military control of the Americas over the last five one C , ” Corrysays .
anthropologist can only hope the sick members were regale tight enough to prevent the sickness from spread , but as long as feller and other outsiders continue their encroachment of the rain forest , these uncontacted tribe will face vast risks . As anthropologist Robert Walker of the University of Missouri , Columbia toldIBTimes,“If you think of how many lumberjack and narcotraffickers there are in this neighborhood , and that there could be as many as 3000 to 4000 uncontacted people there , the potential for contact is huge . "
