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Old December 31st 04, 05:07 AM
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In article , running dogg wrote:

Frank White wrote:

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Many have estimated that whatever the toll from the tsunami roughly an
equal amount may die from disease. Are we headed toward one million for
a toll of it all? We need to keep the survivors - and the volunteers
and other workers - in our prayers.

Al


Hear hear.

Reports are that the lack of clean water and sanitation
facilities are starting to spread dysentary and sickness
among the survivors, already. In a week or two, things
may be even more horrific than now.



FW


I've heard that five million people are imperiled. And that's probably a
low number. And these are people whose immune systems probably weren't
in top shape to begin with. This has the potential to be the worst
natural disaster in terms of deaths in human history, exempting plagues.
Before the signal was wiped out by local QRM, I heard the BBC say last
night (yesterday morning world time) that only a trickle of aid has
gotten to only a small portion of survivors. Most of the survivors are
on their own. Some haven't eaten since the tsunami hit, which weakens
their immune systems even more than they already were. I expect water
borne sicknesses to quickly kill many thousands, perhaps even a million,
even two million.


People can easily go a few weeks without food depending on how fat they
are but most can only go a few days without drinking water depending on
how hot it is and whether they are exerting themselves.

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