The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics.

通常认为，在自然灾害发生后的混乱时期内疾病暴发的风险极高，这种担心很可能源自人们对死尸与流行病之间联系的意识。

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The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics.

由于灾后的混乱，人们往往会枉驾猜测地以为疫情爆发的风险往往很高。很少会把疫情和死尸加以联系。

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About one quarter of the presumed dead are still considered missing persons, never to be heard from again.

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However, absent proof and without bodies, under Uganda law my father would not be presumed to be dead for seven years.

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