Tuesday, March 19, 2024
How long does it take to starve to death?
How long does it take to starve to death? A modern medical study estimates that “Complete starvation in adults leads to death within eight to 12 weeks.” Death can come in a variety of guises: Hypothermia. Pneumonia. Anemia. Chronic diarrhea. Madness.
Of more than two hundred people alive at Jamestown, Virginia, in October 1609, only sixty survived until May.
How many will survive in Gaza in 2024??
A recent news clip breaks my heart. Food being given out: 2 little boys, each with a large pot, get to the supply late, when only crumbs—grain, peas—? remain. The first boy is so hungry he scoops up a handful and crams it into his mouth. The second one scrapes up less than a handful—all that is left—and puts it carefully into his pot—to take back to his family.
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