The World Health Organization, WHO has urged countries to begin stockpiling medications for “nuclear emergencies,” in the wake of Russia’s urgent warning of a nuclear war, the Gateway Pundit reports.
The WHO recently issued guidelines on how to survive a nuclear catastrophe.
According to the news release, “The World Health Organization (WHO) today updated its list of medicines that should be stockpiled for radiological and nuclear emergencies, along with policy advice for their appropriate management.
"These stockpiles include medicines that either prevent or reduce exposure to radiation or treat injuries once exposure has occurred.”
According to Dr. Maria Neira, WHO Acting Assistant Director-General a.i, Healthier Populations Division, “In radiation emergencies, people may be exposed to radiation at doses ranging from negligible to life-threatening.
"Governments need to make treatments available for those in need – fast.”
Governments must be prepared to protect the health of populations and respond immediately to emergencies.
"This includes having ready supplies of lifesaving medicines that will
reduce risks and treat injuries from radiation.”
Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said, “This updated critical medicines list will be a vital preparedness and readiness tool for our partners to identify, procure, stockpile and deliver effective countermeasures in a timely fashion to those at risk or exposed in these events.”
Pharmaceutical stockpile Components.
In another publication, the WHO listed the components of a pharmaceutical stockpile for radiation emergencies.
The WHO said, "This publication focuses on pharmaceuticals for treating radiation exposure and addresses the governance and management of such a stockpile.
"A typical radiation emergency stockpile will include the following medicines:
"Stable iodine is administered to prevent or reduce the exposure of the thyroid to radioactive iodine;
"Chelating sand incorporating agents (Prussian blue, applied to remove radioactive cesium from the body and calcium- / zinc-DTPA used to treat internal contamination with transuranium radionuclides);
"Cytokines are used for mitigation of damage to the bone marrow, in case of acute radiation syndrome (ARS); and
Other medicines are used to treat vomiting, diarrhea, and infections."
The report also discussed emerging treatments and countermeasures, giving insight into the medical countermeasures that could be used in the future for managing patients overexposed to radiation.
Biden administration measures.
U. S President Joe Biden.
Last year, the US began increasing its supply of medications used to treat injuries that stem from acute radiation syndrome, as reported by the Gateway Pundit.
The Biden administration announced its plan to spend $290 million on Amgen drug Nplate for “radiological and nuclear emergencies.”
According to the news release, “As part of long-standing, ongoing efforts to be better prepared to save lives following radiological and nuclear emergencies, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is purchasing a supply of the drug Nplate from Amgen USA Inc;
"Nplate is approved to treat blood cell injuries that accompany acute radiation syndrome in adult and pediatric patients (ARS).”
Russia- Ukraine war.
Early in February, the Biden administration pledged to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine to fight the Russian military, a move which some analysts view as an attempt to escalate the Ukraine-Russia war.
Germany also announced less than 24 hours later that it would send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
According to US Sun, the Kremlin called the move a “blatant provocation.”
Putin's official spokesperson also asserted that the Abrams and Leopard tanks “will burn like all the rest.”
A report by Daily Mail said that Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, recently warned that a military defeat for Russia in Ukraine may cause a nuclear war with the West.
Moscow has confirmed that Medvedev’s warnings were in line with Russian nuclear doctrine.
Putin's warning.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Back in September, Russian President Putin warned the West that his nuclear threat is “not a bluff.”
In his seven-minute nationally televised address last year, Putin said, “The purpose of this West is to weaken, divide and ultimately destroy our country.
"They are already directly saying that in 1991 they were able to split the Soviet Union, and now the time has come for Russia itself, that it should disintegrate into many mortally hostile regions and regions.”
“And they have been planning such plans for a long time. They encouraged gangs of international terrorists in the Caucasus, promoted the offensive infrastructure of NATO close to our borders… Nuclear blackmail was also launched.
"We are talking not only about the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is encouraged by the West, which threatens a nuclear catastrophe but also about the statements of some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO states about the possibility and admissibility of using weapons of mass destruction against Russia – nuclear weapons,” Putin added.
“To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for some components more modern than those of the NATO countries.
"And if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It’s not a bluff,” Putin continued.
Trump's reaction.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, Image: Reuters.
Reacting to Putin's remarks, former US President, Donald Trump said at the time, “President Putin of Russia is now threatening the use of Nuclear Weapons, saying ‘It is not a bluff.’”
“The Ukrainian conflict should never have happened, and would not have happened if I were President. But as I have made very clear for quite some time, this could now end up being World War III,” Trump stated.
Doomsday Clock.
As reported by The Gateway Pundit, the Doomsday Clock was set a minute and a half (90 seconds) before midnight on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
This is the closest it has ever been to midnight since the clock’s inception in 1947, the outlet said.
The time on the Doomsday Clock is decided by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which includes nuclear and climate experts.
Experts say the end of the world is now closer than it has ever been.
Rachel Bronson, head of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said, “Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention or miscalculation – is a terrible risk.”
Retired Senator for Virginia State and former Marine Helicopter Pilot, Col. Richard Black told the Gateway Pundit that the “globalists are marching us relentlessly toward this nuclear armageddon.”
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