Posted on 03/15/2011 2:33:26 PM PDT by traumer
The fear that a nuclear cloud could float from the shores of Japan to the shores of California has some people making a run on iodine tablets.
Pharmacists across California report being flooded with requests. State and county officials spent much of Tuesday trying to keep people calm by saying that getting the pills wasn't necessary, but then the United States Surgeon General supported the idea as a worthy "precaution."
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is in the Bay Area touring a peninsula hospital. NBC Bay Area reporter Damian Trujillo asked her about the run on tablets and Dr. Benjamin said although she wasn't aware of people stocking up, she did not think that would be an overreaction. She said it was right to be prepared.
On the other side of the issue is Kelly Huston of the California Emergency Management Agency. Hoston said state officials, along with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the California Energy Commission, were monitoring the situation and said people don't need to buy the pills.
"Even if we had a radiation release from Diablo Canyon (in San Luis Obispo County), iodide would only be issued to people living within a 10-mile radius of the plant," Huston added. Santa Clara County's public health officer Dr. Martin Fenstersheib told the Mercury News he also does not recommend getting the tablets, adding some people can be severely allergic to the iodine. "There is no reason for doing it," Fenstersheib told the paper.
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A nation of idiots.
The sky is falling.
So, how would a guy create fake iodine pills? Not that I’d be getting into this...but couldn’t you just make up a batch in your kitchen?
As Jocelyn Elders once said,”Weese all gonna die ahh sometin’, sometime.” Gee, I miss that woman...
Oh good grief..
Jeesh,she needs some dieting tips from Mooshelle.
Is there any end to the affirmative action incompetents Obamalini will put in office?
Another excuse to spend money?
I regret I did not invest in companies who manufacture iodine tablets.
I would be very rich now.
“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
You forgot the MORON ALERT!
Wouldn’t kelp with a little iodized salt flavoring work just as well as taking expensive pills with a short storage life? Just wondering, because it doesn’t take that much kelp to get the maximum daily dosage of KI.
She is not the best looking example of health judging by her excess weight.
The nations chief medical person should at least model health. In my opinion....
HAHA’
Hasn’t she attended Michelle’s diet classes yet? The SGOTUS sure is a poster woman for healthy eating.
First off the gubmint shouldn’t be buying these things. They should just tell people to keep some on hand, you never know about a terrorist attack using nuclear material/dirty bomb. The other thing is the iodine pills work for kids pretty good, for adults....meh, not so much.
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