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December 31st 04, 05:07 AM
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In article , running dogg wrote:
Frank White wrote: In article , says... 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. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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