From: John Freeman,MD (trainer18d@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 12:29:34 PST
--- "John Freeman,MD" <trainer18d@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:15:21 -0800 (PST)
> From: "John Freeman,MD" <trainer18d@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [MV] NuclearAttack Medical Treatment
> To: Patrick Jankowiak <eccm@swbell.net>
>
>
> --
> GROUP:Much BS circulates in the media as usual.The
> truth about the potassium iodide dose is that ir CAN
> be used before exposure to fallout but only provides
> limited protection and that is as follows: the
> iodine
> in the dose fills up the iodine storage capability
> of
> the thyroid gland so that when the person is exposed
> soon after to radioactive isotopes of iodine
> produced
> by an atomic detonation the gland will not pick up
> and
> retain much of the radioactive iodine.Radioactive
> iodine when picked up and stored in the thyroid
> gland
> is a cause of thyroid cancer which may develop years
> later after exposure.
> The moral of this story is that if you are exposed
> to
> a detonation at close range unless you were buried
> 100
> meters below a pile of potassium iodide,to prevent
> getinmg cooked alive,all the potassium iodide in the
> world would do you little good.Likewise there are
> dozens of other radioactive isotopes present in the
> fallout plume which can be absorbed and cause
> immediate or delayed fatal effects and there is zero
> medication one can take before or after to provide
> any
> degree of protection.
> as to antibiotics,one is quite likely to develop a
> potentially fatal intestinal infection due to a
> bacteria ,clostridium difficile ,when taking
> antibiotics for a prolonged time as a
> prophylactic.so
> it is unwise to plan on taking such drugs when CNN
> runs gloomy news about al jazeera et.al.
> personal attitude here? Have fun,dont let the A.H s
> who run CNN et al confuse you into doing anaything
> in
> a frenzy.
>
> Truth is we are in far less danger now than we were
> for the last 50 years.We face amateurs now,and we
> are
> professionals and posess industrialized economy
> sized
> ability to retaliate or to be preemptive .The opfor
> aint seen our best hand yet,maybe they should review
> what the eighth air force once did in Europe.
>
> cheers,J.F.
>
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