Maybe. It woulds seem that an appropriate triage plan would effect mortality rates at the margins.
Discussion of thermobaric injury: https://www.google.com/search?q=medcram+thermobaric+injury&client=ms-android-verizon&ei=0ZP7Y-XsA52qqtsPlZSksAc&oq=medcram+thermobaric+injury&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAM6CAgAEKIEELADOgUIABCiBDoKCAAQ8QQQHhCiBDoHCAAQHhDxBDoFCAAQhgM6BAgeEApKBAhBGAFQlQxYsj1g7UJoAHAAeACAAZMBiAG8C5IBAzUuOJgBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:a2db220c,vid:ZwScTlCf5IQ
That is only one injury type, most common casualties are just working, environmental, and safety ones.
Top combat ones are hearing and indirect blast injuries
Asia Times used to be respected when a Thai owned it.
Now, it has a pro China outlook. It refers to Japan and Okinawa. This is straight up Xi propaganda. Okinawa is a Prefecture of Japan.
Chinese claim the Okinawan archipelago, which consists of the Senkaku islands.
I’d need confirmation from reputable news to confirm this story.