31
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

I know there's always talk of bioweapons, but warzones are also a melting pot for diseases, especially in a modern war where soldiers are more likely to survive wounds that would've once killed you outright - Those same wounds are the perfect breeding ground for all kinds of disease.

Pair that with our lax intl' response to antibiotic resistance (which is probably even less of a concern to doctors in warzones) you have a powder keg of pandemic proportions ready to blow.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm not exactly surprised superbugs would breed in conditions where soldiers are stuck sitting in trenches for years. It's not exactly a sanitary environment. If we see these kinds of bugs breeding in hospitals that we actually try to keep clean, it's almost certain they would easily breed in a war zone.

this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
31 points (100.0% liked)

World News

2421 readers
114 users here now

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS