‘The rules of civilized warfare’: Scientists, soldiers, civilians, and American nuclear targeting, 1940 – 1945

War in Nagorno-Karabakh highlights the vulnerability of displaced populations to COVID-19

“…9 Examples of this tactic include the nonmilitary bombings in Great Britain by German Zeppelins during World War I 10 and Japan's capitulation after the USA dropped atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki without discretion to where civilian structures including health facilities were located during World War II destroying these cities and killing thousands of civilians. [11][12][13] The war also profoundly impacted individual behaviours and attitudes toward the spread of COVID-19 in Armenia, as people mobilised to provide military support and aid to Nagorno-Karabakh. With the people's attention redirected toward the more proximal and severe threat to national security, vigilance towards following safety guidelines, like mask-wearing and physical distancing decreased, contributing to a seven-fold increase in Armenian's 7-day average of daily new COVID-19 cases since the start of the war on 27 September (figure 1).…”