Why didn't the Native American diseases travel back with the European colonists and wipe out most of Europe?

by Phrontier

I saw something that said close to 90% of the Native Americans were killed by European disease, why didn't it work the other way around as well?

anthropology_nerd

Not to discourage further discussion, but here is an earlier answer I wrote to a similar question. Also, check out the frequently asked question section of our wiki for previous answers about Europeans and Native Americans and infectious disease.