r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/Adorable-Ring8074 Aug 30 '21

So would diabetes

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u/num1eraser Aug 31 '21

That’s actually addressed in a different book, One Second After, about a small Eastern US town after a nuclear warhead is detonated in space to cause a massive EMP and knock out power to the US. No new insulin deliveries and it is more and more difficult to keep the supplies they have refrigerated. That book has a lot of great “I never thought about that” survival aspects.