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U.S. Postal Service - Equipping Workers with Potassium Iodide
Associated Press ^
| 12/02/02
| SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
Posted on 12/02/2002 6:54:07 PM PST by all4one
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O.K. lets say there is a Ratiological Emergency....to whom will these protected Postal Service Employees be delivering mail?
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posted on
12/02/2002 6:54:07 PM PST
by
all4one
To: all4one
Rain,Sleet,Snow,.....and any Thermo-Nuclear Thingy......
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posted on
12/02/2002 6:56:21 PM PST
by
cmsgop
To: cmsgop
Just like the USPS. Find ways to spend the money.
Watch for a 40 cent stamp next year.
To: all4one
Don'cha know, the USPS are Essential Personnel for the functioning of our country. What we all do if we didn't receive our Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes Envelope on time??
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:00:29 PM PST
by
FourPeas
To: all4one
People with Thyroid Cancer that's who!
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:05:23 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
To: all4one
What's going on here? First the announcement we are going to start small pox vac and now this on the same day.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:11:35 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
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To: BrowningBAR
Agreed. There is no excuse for not having them at home, in your car, and at work. They are cheap and safe, and will save you and your family from a long painful death in the event of exposure via a dirty bomb (which could be unleashed absolutely anywhere.)
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:20:42 PM PST
by
Semper911
To: all4one
O.K. lets say there is a Radiological Emergency...to whom will these Postal Workers be delivering the mail?
Good question; "neither rain, nor sleet, nor hail..." is long gone!I have wondered since last year, what happened to Civil Defense? If a terrorist disaster happens, are we prepared? besides having a tinfoil hat handy.
To: BrowningBAR
Do they sell it at Walmart?
To: Diddle E. Squat
Do they sell it at Walmart? Only if they're Made in China
To: Diddle E. Squat
They're supposedly available at drug stores though we got ours for free because we're within 10 miles of a nuke plant.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:27:24 PM PST
by
kayak
To: BrowningBAR; All
"I got the nuke pills for my family. So should everyone here. " I did too...back when it looked like India and Pakistan were going to nuke ea other-and living here on the East Coast I figured I better invest in some too...
Thanks to FR I saw a link that led me to a supplier...I bought enough for my family & extended family/friends.
During the 4th of JULY I brought them to DC (I knew I was being paranoid, but just in case I wanted to be able to protect my family - thankfully didn't need it)
People laughed at me for getting them (cause I told them about it if they wanted to buy them too) Now it seems to becoming the norm to be prepared like this.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:29:37 PM PST
by
SunnyUsa
Two tablets will be given to any employee who wants to have the pills in case of an emergency. Translation: Another Islamic Terror Attack.
I hope we all don't go deaf listening to the 'outcry' of 'moderate muslims' again.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:29:54 PM PST
by
Abar
To: Diddle E. Squat
I ordered them here:
http://www.ki4u.com/products.htm
Do it tomorrow. What do you have to lose by being prepared?
(Whoa, that sounded like Y2k all over again. But get them anyway.)
To: Semper911
You could still die from exposure to radiation just not from thyroid cancer? Is that what you are saying?
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:34:32 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: all4one
To: all4one
To: Ditter
You could still die from exposure to radiation just not from thyroid cancer? Is that what you are saying?How did you get that from what I said?
You could get burned or blown up if you are close, but radiation poisoning causes thyroid cancer. That is what the Chernobyl victims eventually died from.
Click the link I provided above, and browse that site for information about radiation. I am in no way an expert. I would just hate to be caught in an exposure situation knowing that I could have spent $20 bucks to save my life or that of my family.
These pills will be impossible to get as soon as one dirty bomb goes off anywhere in the world.
To: Semper911
Sorry I misunderstood you I know very little about radiation but I do know about thyroid cancer. It is very slow growing & very curable if caught before it spreads to another part of the body. Once it spreads if left unchecked it is almost impossible to cure. Oh course it would be better to take the pills & avoid it.
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posted on
12/02/2002 7:54:38 PM PST
by
Ditter
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