Erik van Straten<p>M.b.t. Gaza, uit <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/journals/lancet/</span><span class="invisible">article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext</span></a> (opmaak iets aangepast en spaties in grote getallen vervangen door komma's - US-notatie):</p><p><<< Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential<br>July 05, 2024 | Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, Salim Yusuf<br>[...]<br>Armed conflicts have indirect health implications beyond the direct harm from violence.</p><p>Even if the conflict ends immediately, there will continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and non-communicable diseases.</p><p>The total death toll is expected to be large given the intensity of this conflict; destroyed health-care infrastructure; severe shortages of food, water, and shelter; the population's inability to flee to safe places; and the loss of funding to UNRWA, one of the very few humanitarian organisations still active in the Gaza Strip.[8]</p><p>In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths.</p><p>Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death [9] to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.</p><p>Using the 2022 Gaza Strip population estimate of 2,375,259, this would translate to 7·9% of the total population in the Gaza Strip.<br>[...] >>></p><p>Opmerking: die "7·9%" doet afbreuk aan dit artikel. Het zou gelezen kunnen worden als 7–9% en bovendien:</p><p>186.000*100%/2.375.259 = 7,83%</p><p>Verder m.i. wel een overtuigend artikel - gegeven de mate van destructie van de infrastructuur tijdens een volstrekt inhumaan "conflict" (wellicht beter: afslachting) - waarin aantallen slachtoffers voor velen niets meer uit lijken te maken.</p><p>Bron: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@stephie_hamburg@norden.social/112749907331227925" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@stephie_hamb</span><span class="invisible">urg@norden.social/112749907331227925</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Lancet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lancet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TheLancet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLancet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICJisRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICJisRight</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICJ</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICCisRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICCisRight</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Devastation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devastation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Vernietiging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vernietiging</span></a></p>