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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Even more reasons to oppose genocide as if you needed any.

Looks like genocide also helps create antibiotic resistant bacteria, which will impact far more than just Gaza.

So genocide is literally bad for everybody in a medical way beyond making horrific societies that treat certain people as subhuman, which is bad for everybody in a social way.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago

It is not limited to bacteria. Because of the hygienic conditions and lack of access for vaccinations Polio is also an issue again in Gaza.

Any time that humans are subjected to inhumane conditions it becomes a breeding ground for infectious diseases that could then spread globally. This goes beyond man made inhumane conditions and also into the area of disaster relief after natural disasters. Spending money on disaster relief is money spent on disease prevention.

[–] ChuckTheMonkey@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

I am really curious from a purely scientific perspective. Does genocide always create bacteria genome resistant to antibiotic?

If we take recent genocides, for example, Rwandan genocide and Armenian genocide. Did we also observe such correlation?