Posted on 03/16/2011 2:39:54 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Many West Coast residents came up empty handed in their search of potassium iodide this week as fears over radiation spreading from Japan took hold.
The rush on the supplement came even as emergency management officials said there is no need to take the pills believed to prevent the thyroid from absorbing radiation.
"I didn't see too many people concerned about it. But when it was sold out, it made me think that I should be concerned," said Hameed Hemmat, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
Hemmat, who struggled to find potassium iodide online when he couldn't find it in his area, said he ended up placing an order with a New Jersey company. He also has friends in New York looking for it.
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We have some idiots pushing that crap here too.
I saw someone here in Maryland looking for it when I visited my pharmacy yesterday. Still on the shelves here. The pharmacist said few have been buying yet.
I don’t need to bother, myself. I have a hyperactive thyroid, full-on Graves Disease. The medication for hyperactive thyroid limits the thyroid uptake of iodine. All I need do is increase my dose.
Same sorts that sought to get a UN ban on dihydrogen monoxide.....
Run away ....run away....
Those on the West Coast who are truly concerned about disasters would be well advised to purchase life vests, in case the planetary axis shifts, sending them all into the drink. Or, better yet, move to a cave in the Himalayas.
Bah, potassium iodide is worthless. Much better to take nitrogen triiodide, in chewable tablets of course.
I saw a story about the Surgeon General suggestion stocking up on potassium iodide while in she was in SF yesterday. While it was with an eye to being "prepared" and not specific to the Japanese situation, the news ran it with their full-throated PANIC.
Apparently you wouldn’t have to chew very long before you didn’t have to worry about radiation... : 0
It all serves the end of the “coming soon” NO NUKES campaign to be thrust upon us shortly.
Back in the 50’s, the US routinely tested nukes in the Nevada desert. As kids, the only thing they warned was not to eat snow due to the radioactive isotopes. That, and you could never be sure where the dog had done his business. Somehow we survived.
Look at Ebay. Some 14-day doses asking $600. There are also Russian sellers with raw bulk potassium iodide for sale. Looks like a powder. I suppose so people can compound their own pills? IIRC, people need to be careful handling the raw chemical as it is an irritant.
There are also side effects to ingestion of potassium iodide and some people cannot tolerate it. Why are folks taking it so early? You are right; this is just hysteria.
Remember that West Coasties are kooks and nuts, including the reporter who actually saw a piece of sky falling.
The big’un is coming and will solve the problem
Hint: Don’t buy emergency supplies after the emergency.
On ebay, civil defense and Russian cheapo ones are going for 6x what they did before.
Stock up before..
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