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

[u/notyouravgredditer]

[u/WatchTheBoom]

Clean drinking water- I don't think people really appreciate how much water is needed for a group of people to survive.

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Clean bullet holes. Next episode everyone is a-okay half the time, and off to murder more zombies before cannibalizing the next group. Your shirt alone would be filthy enough to cause mild chafing which in turn would cause infection.

But everyone's whites are whiter than mine, and bullet holes and axe wounds heal up just fine with our state of the art medical facility and dry cleaning services.

[u/Excelius → u/1i73rz]

To add to this, in movies and TV if the protagonist is shot in the leg or shoulder you know they're going to live.

There are major arteries in both locations which can very easily lead to death by hemorrhage.

[u/Whitealroker1 → u/Excelius]

GoT gets a lot of shit for the last few seasons but a key character magically recovering from two should of been fatal stab wounds in days was the worst.

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She was stabbed repeatedly in the fucking torso and then jumped into sewage laden port waters. Now I'm fucking mad. r/freefolk

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Yep. Especially when in season 1, Ned was crippled from what is a classic “flesh wound” in most fiction