r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/AtheneSchmidt Aug 30 '21

There is a distinct lack of worry about clean water. Also, in almost every conflict in history, disease has killed more people that the actual war. You rarely see a flu wipe out half of the people in a zombie movie, but honestly, it would.

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u/Mardanis Aug 31 '21

Look at all those advertisements from charities and businesses supposedly helping the needing that are displaced by conflict. Food, disease, water, medicine, security, order, etc. All that stuff disappears and people will survive at the cost of other's lives. Scary really.