David2074
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- Posted: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 04:47:25 +0000
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The article gives us no 'why.' It's a government organization so the reason could be anything from a known imminent threat, to a paranoid official being put in charge, to someone noticing their current stock was low or going bad and they just wanted an emergency supply. Without more information I think this article is meaningless.
Even though the 'why' may be up for speculation, the article is definitely not meaningless. Governments often know details that we do not. And the amount purchased is unprecedented.
If the Government were found to be constructing concentration camps, would the news be meaningless because we don't know the 'why'?
Because having an available supply of life saving medicine is totally the same as preparing to forcibly imprison innocent people.
You missed my point. My point is that you need to watch what the Government is doing because it could likely effect you in the future. If the Government is purchasing such large amounts of iodine, then perhaps we should follow suit. Perhaps the Gov thinks that Fukushima reactor #3 will meltdown. Or maybe some kind of nuclear attack? Speculation is what I wanted this thread to have. It's a healthy thing. And it's not fear mongering if there's a remedy.
Stockpiling medicine used to treat contamination from nuclear power plants in preparation for a nuclear attack is what is unprecedented. There is absolutely nothing sinister in a government stockpiling medicine
You not knowing about it doesn't mean it is "unprecedented".
Did you ever consider the answer could be as simple as replacing old stock that it reaching end of shelf life? The shelf life of the tablets ordered is 7 years.
Iodine tablets are relatively cheap. Finger pointing at any government official / agency not sufficiently prepared for any potential disaster is relatively common.
And the people speculating this is due to debris from the Fukushima nuclear power plant don't know s**t about how iodine tablets work or what they are used for. Also, the Iodine-131 released from Fukushima has a half life of only 8 days.
Also worth noting potassium iodite is used to protect the thyroid during certain types of medical procedures and scans that involve radioactive iodine. I don't know how many doses / year are required for that on a national basis.
Watching what the government does is fine but assuming everything is some sort of conspiracy is not. I don't mean you personally, just the way some folks react to any interesting news about what our government is doing. I'm reminded of a year or two back when there was a news article about the government (homeland security I think) ordering a ton of ammunition. The tin foil hat crowd was swearing it was because the government was about to use force to take away the guns of all citizens. It couldn't have had anything to do with the many thousands of agents or the many many thousands of rounds used in routine target practice and shooting qualifications and such.
PS - If anyone reading this really feels a need to have your own potassium iodate you can readily buy it from Amazon (and probably other places). A bottle of 60 is $15. Just remember they are a prophylactic (have to be taken before exposure) and only help for radioactive iodine to keep your thyroid from absorbing it. They don't do jack for any other type of radiation.