Monday, January 15, 2018

"CDC postpones nuclear disaster response briefing"

We're all going to die.

From The Hill:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has postponed a briefing on how to plan and prepare for nuclear disaster.

The briefing, originally scheduled for Jan. 16, has now been replaced on CDC’s website with an event focused on public health responses to severe influenza. CNN first reported that the nuclear briefing had been postponed.

The planned event attracted attention early this month because it came the same week that President Trump boasted on Twitter that his nuclear button is “much bigger and more powerful” than that of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un.

Kim had said during an annual address, “The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, a nuclear button is always on my desk,” provoking the response from the president.
The events are part of the CDC’s “Grand Rounds” public health lectures, a monthly series that spotlights major public health issues.

“While a nuclear detonation is unlikely, it would have devastating results and there would be limited time to take critical protection steps," the CDC said in an advisory earlier this month announcing the event on nuclear disaster....MORE

Although not contra the "We're all gonna die" meme, Aubrey de Grey wants to put it off as long as possible:
Why This Aging Expert Thinks First 1,000-Year-Old Person is Already Alive