Life or Death: To be or not to be that is the question

It seems like the movement to save the earthquake victims is dying gradually and media in US and across the world is following up on Bird Flu and Libby's indictment. Surprisingly whenever the government is under pressure we start hearing about a big epidemic emerging from some part of the world.

The earthquake survivors are dying a slow death and soon it will become instant with sub-zero temperatures. 80,000 people still without a tent or shelter and winter has already started.
"What sentence can we give to the survivors of earthquake: Life or Death?"