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Wait a sec, this headline doesn’t pass the smell test. If you have no food, and no means to acquire food, you’ll die in short order. So are we saying 80% of Le

• neom 5y ago
  The former. The situation in Lebanon is indeed becoming quite dier, any food people have is given/shared. The entire government resigned last year over the explosion. It's not a good situation for the Lebanese people and I'd imagine there are a lot of people who are currently dying and the situation will progress as you'd expect. DW (the german broadcaster) has done a lot of good reporting on it (youtube), I'd encourage you to check it out if you're interested in this. https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/cpi-2020-lebanon-systemic-corruption-problems-require-systemic-response https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/cpi-2020-lebanon-system...
  • neom 5y ago
    btw fwiw: the red cross has a specific Lebanon campaign: https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/lebanon https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/lebanon from my googling around on what I could do, seems like the best way to help.
    • deregulateMed 5y ago
      I'm not sure "best" and "red cross" go together in recent times. But don't let that discourage you from supporting.
      • neom 5y ago
        No, I wouldn't ordinarily put them together either, in fact that's why I spent an hour googling, but outside of red cross there doesn't seem to be that much useful to do.
      • bruce343434 5y ago
        What's so bad about the red cross?
    • bartvk 5y ago
      Thanks for looking that up. I donated.
• Marsymars 5y ago
  The article text "In total, 77 percent of households do not have enough food" doesn't match the headline. Eating "not enough food" will mean you starve, but death by starvation can take a long time. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-long-can-a-person-survive-without-food/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-long-can-a-pe... > Unlike total starvation, near-total starvation with continued hydration has occurred frequently, both in history and in patients under medical supervision. Survival for many months to years is common in concentration camps and during famines, but the unknown caloric intake during these times makes it impossible to predict survival.
• aaron695 5y ago
  > If you have no food, and no means to acquire food, you’ll die in short order. They only mention a lack of funds, but food is free everywhere. The two exceptions is in war, where supplying food is often to hard. And mental illness where supplying food is sometimes too hard within the system. > yet are still surviving (albeit with nutritional or other drawbacks) This is the biggest issue around the world, it causes brain damage and early death to billions. Not the pressing issue in Lebanon. Their language in the title is fine (it should include 'enough' money like UNICEF does), people understand the meaning, skipping meals, whether the 80% is click-bait is more of a question. But it is true Lebanon is in trouble and morally and for stability in the region needs help. Read the real report - https://www.unicef.org/lebanon/media/6541/file https://www.unicef.org/lebanon/media/6541/file
• anm89 5y ago
  Nutrition is not a binary distribution of starve or not starve.
• jjk166 5y ago
  Can't afford food is not the same as can't acquire food. If the cost of a loaf of bread shot up to $1000, you would not be able to afford to buy food, but the food in your pantry would still be just as edible, hoarded food seized by either the government or local militias can be redistributed, and as you got desperate there are lots of things which can become "food." You mix some sawdust into some flour, boil some shoe leather, hunt some rodents, slaughter some pets... look at places like Leningrad in WW2 to see populations going years without a functioning food market.
• raincom 5y ago
  One can live with one meal, water and salt for many days. That's how people in old days used to survive during droughts.