alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDisease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHOwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down13
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·8 months agoI think it was the U.S. Civil War where disease killed more soldiers than battles.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 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-28 months agoAlso WWI, thanks to the Spanish Flu.
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.