Experts say war is not just an international relations crisis but also a public health crisis that can result in long-term consequences.
The Mornings @ 10 team was joined by Dr. John Whyte to discuss how to talk about the war in Israel with children.However, experts say war is not just an international relations crisis but also a public health crisis that can result in long-term consequences.
"One of the very disturbing things in virtually all wars nowadays is that civilians, noncombatant civilians, bear the brunt of war, be it the conventional war or terrorist attacks," Dr. Barry Levy, a physician and an adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Medicine who studies the public health impacts of war and terrorism, told ABC News.
Levy said that civilian infrastructure being attacked and destroyed often prevents people from being able to search for food and leaves them without shelter or sanitation. "So, some people can get PTSD by witnessing horrific events and I think now with social media, we see it now with the conflicts in Middle East, is really facilitating a lot of visuals that most people in the past weren't able to see," he said.
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