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Oneironaut

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22. I wouldn't think so. More just that battlefields are extremely dirty.

Tue Dec 26, 2023, 10:39 PM

Dec 2023

You have dead bodies everywhere (human and other animals). There’s stagnant water everywhere baking in the sun and multiplying bacteria and fungus. Societies without adequate sewage systems or garbage disposal compound these issues.

Modern society is very removed from the concept of one small cut on your finger leading to a life-threatening bacterial or fungal infection. Not having mass casualties from disease in armies is a relatively new phenomenon.

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IDF Soldier Dies of Treatment-Resistant Fungus from Gaza, 10 More Infected [View all] David__77 Dec 2023 OP

Just think of all the Palestinians also dying of this infection ColinC Dec 2023 #1

And those deaths aren't included in the count from missiles and bombs. David__77 Dec 2023 #7

I'm sure they are Mountainguy Dec 2023 #29

And you know this how? Butterflylady Dec 2023 #41

Because Hamas lies Mountainguy Dec 2023 #43

Yeah, apparently Palestinians don't really count as full humans who are Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #13

I wonder why that area has so many treatment resistant bugs in that area? Maraya1969 Dec 2023 #2

This article cites factors including insufficient supply of medicines. David__77 Dec 2023 #3

I dunno? I did read you can obtain antibiotics OTC in most Arab countries. So I'm sure it applies to Gaza. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #6

Little water & few toilets available womanofthehills Dec 2023 #23

What a colossal mess. WIth all the toxins, bacteria, fungi, sewage, not clean water, hardly any toilets... brush Dec 2023 #32

On Dec 4, the sewage system collapsed womanofthehills Dec 2023 #33

It makes me wonder COL Mustard Dec 2023 #4

That's where my mind went JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #5

Or it could be the result of millions living for years in a crowded open-air prison Orrex Dec 2023 #12

Sounds likelier. David__77 Dec 2023 #17

Or people already living in one of the most crowded places on earth womanofthehills Dec 2023 #25

you left out reporters. WhiteTara Dec 2023 #28

Sadly - now over 100 reporters have been killed womanofthehills Dec 2023 #37

there's no problem if you don't report it. WhiteTara Dec 2023 #39

These things happen in every ground war. Trench foot, jungle rot, burn pits etc LeftInTX Dec 2023 #19

Never have this many people been so trapped womanofthehills Dec 2023 #26

But - this is different because the sewage systems need fuel womanofthehills Dec 2023 #38

I wouldn't think so. More just that battlefields are extremely dirty. Oneironaut Dec 2023 #22

Not just small cuts getting infected by bacteria or fungi, but fungi one can breathe in... brush Dec 2023 #31

No - Israel stopped fuel into Gaza womanofthehills Dec 2023 #34

A nice epidemic would save Hamas some trouble. Turbineguy Dec 2023 #8

Epidemics don't stop at borders. David__77 Dec 2023 #9

Hamas wants to kill everybody. Turbineguy Dec 2023 #11

As does Netanyahu. Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #14

Hamas isn't alone in that respect. Netanyahu is right with Hamas on that. Autumn Dec 2023 #16

I think that's Netanyahu- womanofthehills Dec 2023 #27

It could spread to the whole world womanofthehills Dec 2023 #35

Resistant bacteria and fungi; antibiotics are for bacteria not fungi. PufPuf23 Dec 2023 #10

My heart breaks for the Palestinian people. Autumn Dec 2023 #15

This warrants attention limbicnuminousity Dec 2023 #18

excellent post harumph Dec 2023 #20

I'm not aware coccidiomycosis exists outside north america mainer Dec 2023 #21

Totally agree limbicnuminousity Dec 2023 #42

These include highly resistant bacterial strains of Klebsiella and Escherichia coli, and Aspergillus fungi. womanofthehills Dec 2023 #36

Resistant fungi in particular are a rising global threat, bacteria as well, and any place Maru Kitteh Dec 2023 #24

If the IDF soldiers are getting it, so are the Gazans. Wonder if it's from the whie phophorous bombs... brush Dec 2023 #30

Investment in Gaza will be possible once Hamas et ilk are done away with gulliver Dec 2023 #40