So, somebody else wrote a diary to share the news reports that cholera was being reported in the flood-ravaged area of Kherson Oblast. It was affecting the Russian troops in the area. The diary was a recap of snippets of information. The comments reflected schadenfreude. Mostly at the suffering of the invaders. Cholera will no longer be funny when it will affect children in Kherson Oblast.
We are fooling ourselves if we think that cholera will remain exclusively a problem of the invaders. Probably the most well-known cholera outbreak was that in Haiti after the earthquake, when U.N. Peacekeeping troops brought it with them. But there have been other outbreaks. Various countries in Africa have been affected, and an outbreak often accompanies wartime.
An excellent video on cholera including prevention of epidemics:
This was developed by Global Health Media, eleven years ago. Also made available in French at the time.
“Public Health is the second casualty of war.”
The video above focuses on preventative measures, but the nature of the illness requires for treatment centers to be established. A primary feature of the disease is profound diarrhea leading quickly to dehydration and death. It can get out of control fast, especially when nobody wants to handle the infected diarrhea and dispose of it safely.