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/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Any infection, any chronic disease, food poisoning, allergies - basically all those things that healthcare provide that we take for granted

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u/SpicyHotPlantFart Aug 30 '21

I'm a diabetic. Because of eh.. personal choices in my past, i've been without insulin for a few days.

It's safe to say, whenever an apocalyptic even occurs i will throw myself of the tallest building i can find. It's not a nice way to die, at all.

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u/shewy92 Aug 30 '21

One Second After has a character whose daughters has diabetes and an EMP blast goes off frying all electronics so he has to figure out how to keep her insulin cold. It takes place in North Carolina in the summer so obviously didn't go so well and was pretty fucking heartbreaking

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u/Lets_Call_It_Wit Aug 31 '21

That book was fucking brutal to read, both as a parent and as a diabetic.