Good God, They're Starting Talk About 'Preparedness' for Nuclear War

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Carter Gaddis? @DadScribe
How is THIS abomination not @theonion? Good God, @CDCgov. Do you think it's 1958? HOW IS THIS A REAL THING IN 2018? https://www.cdc.gov/cdcgrandrounds/archives/2018/January2018.htm

CDC
Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation
January 16, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. (ET)

While a nuclear detonation is unlikely, it would have devastating results and there would be limited time to take critical protection steps. Despite the fear surrounding such an event, planning and preparation can lessen deaths and illness. For instance, most people don’t realize that sheltering in place for at least 24 hours is crucial to saving lives and reducing exposure to radiation. While federal, state, and local agencies will lead the immediate response efforts, public health will play a key role in responding.

Join us for this session of Grand Rounds to learn what public health programs have done on a federal, state, and local level to prepare for a nuclear detonation. Learn how planning and preparation efforts for a nuclear detonation are similar and different from other emergency response planning efforts.

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation”
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Global Communications Center (Building 19)
Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium
Roybal Campus

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[Phoenix61]

1. This is from the same agency that has

banned words. I truly believe this is nothing more than a way to stir the base, crank up the fear, and set up Twitler to be the "savior" who prevented a nuclear catastrophe.

[pressbox69]

2. They are trying anything

to stifle the idea of Oprah running for POTUS.

[bigtree]

3. lol

[Blue_Adept]

11. These recommendations came out earlier in the year as well, it's not a reaction

to Oprah.

[Irish_Dem]

4. School drills with children hiding under desks, people building bomb shelters.

We keep going backward in time.

[bigtree]

5. maga

...we 'ducked and covered' under our school desks in second grade '67.

They retired the air raid siren drills in '71.


Bert the Turtle:

[Irish_Dem]

6. Remember people building bomb shelters? nt

[bigtree]

9. I remember the elementary school shelter

...basically a dirt ditch under the school with boxes of emergency supplies.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yep, that was how it was done. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

14. We Quit Doing It After Cuba

I was in second grade then. We didn't do it any grade by 2nd. Maybe someone in the administration wised up and realized it would do no good and it was only scaring the crap out of the little kids.

[lpbk2713]

7. Duct tape and plastic?

Big help.

[workinclasszero]

8. Here's the reason....

Tillerson and Mattis are reportedly trying to hold Trump back from striking North Korea
http://www.businessinsider.com/tillerson-mattis-trump-north-korea-strike-2018-1
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210078327



Trump has a new North Korea strategy: start a war
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wjppgm/trump-north-korea-strategy-start-war
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210078307

[dalton99a]

12. Better start today

[bigtree]

13. preventive measures

...start by impeaching Trump.

[malaise]

15. They're more likely keeping folks in a state of perpetual

FEAR

[bigtree]

16. I fear

[malaise]

17. Hysterically funny every time I see it

How do I figure this out? I mean how dumb is that?

[niyad]

18. does everyone remember "duck and cover"? duct tape and plastic?

my personal favourite (after the foot of dirt on top of your desk--way old) was the advice from the USPS to make sure you submitted a change of address form so you could get your mail.