Uncontacted tribes are a very untalked about problem and cannot be ignored. These tribes have chose to stay isolated and away from the rest of society, yet they are interrupted by the rest of the world constantly for many reasons. Diseases, drug trafficking,tourists, and man’s laws are just a few things people do to threaten tribes isolated from normality. Diseases used to be a very hard obstacle encountered in daily life, and it still would be if it weren’t for the advances we have in medicine. The problem of diseases is mostly forgotten in the world:although, the issue pops up in an uncontacted tribe that may not have the technology we have to stop these diseases from spreading and killing people. Just to show the extent of how diseases can wipe out a population, Kluger states, “Three generations later, the tribe that had initially numbered about 5,000 was down to just 550 people—many of them killed by influenza, whooping cough and even the simple cold, diseases they had never encountered and against which they had no immunity.” This statistic is a prime example of why society should consider helping them out with their problems that could …show more content…
And this is exactly what has happened, “In some cases, uncontacted groups [were] been driven into making contact owing to other pressures. In 2014, previously uncontacted tribesmen were filmed after they crossed into Brazil from Peru and told people they had been driven out of their forest home by people presumed to be drug traffickers” (Vaughan). Drug trafficking is a problem inside the tribes of Peru and many other places around the globe.Although it is a major issue, it is not just the illegal habits that are affecting the isolated, uncontacted tribes throughout the