alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoDisease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHOwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down13
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkDisease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHOwww.reuters.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·7 months agoThat’s often the case with war
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·7 months agoI think it was the U.S. Civil War where disease killed more soldiers than battles.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoInfection. This was a time where modern medicine didn’t exist. There were no antibiotics. Amputations and basic injuries often times lead to death due to infection. In a war torn country getting access to basic medical supplies will essentially lead to the same thing.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoAlso WWI, thanks to the Spanish Flu.
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That’s often the case with war
I think it was the U.S. Civil War where disease killed more soldiers than battles.
Infection. This was a time where modern medicine didn’t exist. There were no antibiotics.
Amputations and basic injuries often times lead to death due to infection.
In a war torn country getting access to basic medical supplies will essentially lead to the same thing.
Also WWI, thanks to the Spanish Flu.
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