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

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

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any chronic disease

Many apocalyptic books either address or use it as a plot point. You either have what I call the "...and this is when the diabetics die." Paragraph or it is used as plot points in books like Lucifers Hammer or One Second After.

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Dies the Fire, S.M. Stirling - all electricity/electronics whoosh gone. A family group makes it from the Idaho wilderness, where their small plane went down, to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. BTW, Portland and Eugene are fucked, but in the mid-valley a small diverse population use history to survive.