Posted By: Brian
ISIS is now
facing off
against perhaps its deadliest enemy yet a flesh eating disease spread
by sand flies. The disease, called http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/04/isis-dying/, is estimated to cause
about 2 million infections per year, and somewhere between 20,000 to
50,000 deaths.
As recently as last year Doctors Without Borders was working in Syria
to prevent the spread of the disease, but as the Islamic State
advanced, doctors were forced to essentially evacuate. Now all medical
care is being left to local doctors and medics, but supplies are scare
and it’s estimated that about 64% of Syrian hospitals have been damaged,
destroyed, or abandoned.
ISIS: Poor hygiene conditions
Poor hygiene conditions, and the fact that many if ISIS’s soldiers
have essentially refused treatment is allowing the disease to spread at a
rapid rate. Add in the fact that ISIS’s
ground troopers are often forced into cramp and tight living conditions, and it’s a perfect recipe for a medical disaster.
Of course, one’s disaster could turn out to be another’s miracle. If the flesh eating disease is able to even
slow down ISIS,
it could prove to be a tipping point in the battle against the
extremist group. Bombs and advances from competing armies have pushed
the group back, but so for the Islamic State has proven to be difficult
to outright defeat...
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