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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So I live in the US. I have 2 friends that got scurvy in 2017. How did they get scurvy you might ask? Let me tell you. They live about 30 mins from the grocery store in a car. Which they don’t have. The closest person that can take them grocery shopping lives about 2 hours away. Plus they’re poor as shit.

To save money they spent 3 months eating nothing but homemade biscuits (scones for non Americans). The lack of vitamin c gave them scurvy.

They live on a fixed income. My state tightened requirements for food stamps. They were fucked.

I will say that the UN came to my state several years ago. They literally called it the 3rd world and said it was the most impoverished place in the developed world. So, there’s that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Granted they were headed to West Virginia next. So they may have changed their tune. Heh

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do they live on fixed income? There’s not even semi-local charities willing to donate food?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean maybe, but how do you get involved with one? Also, they’d have to deliver.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll admit I've done no research, but wouldn't Meals on Wheels fit this perfectly?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That’s a good question. She is on disability, but he is her caregiver. So, I don’t know if that would feed both. I’ll ask them about that.