I have two hot water systems—a tankless by Rinnai and a Rheem Platinum Performance gas heater with a tank. I use the tankless more than the one with the water tank since it is more cost-effective. Gas heaters with tanks have to turn on and off the gas burner to keep the water hot, while…
Category: Disaster Medicine
Buy Now! Common Nuclear Emergency Meds From The W.H.O. Are O-T-C
Updated: Nov. 19, 2024 Do you know that many medications that the W.H.O. recommends in case of a nuclear accident or war are over-the-counter? On November 17, 2024, President Biden announced that Ukraine could deploy long-range missiles to Russia. Today, Nov. 19, 2024, Reuters reports: KYIV, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Kyiv said on Tuesday it…
Compression asphyxia and how to survive it
You may have read about what happened yesterday in Itaewon, South Korea. 82 people were injured, 19 seriously, and 151 died when thousands were packed in a sloped and narrow alley. In a CNBC report, Choi Sung-beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said that many victims were women in their 20s. It was the…
Intermittent Fasting: Now more than ever
I have talked about the benefits of intermittent fasting and the resulting reversal of cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, and hypertriglyceridemia. The past several months have shown unrelenting food price increases. This resulted from the war in Ukraine, the hyperinflationary policies of the US Federal Reserve, the culling of millions of poultry due to…
A Smallpox Epidemic is More Possible than You Think
On November 4, 2021, Bill Gates said we must be ready for a bioterrorist attack with smallpox as the bioweapons. That is strange because smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980. But Bill Gates is a billionaire, so he must be smart. He also heads the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that hosted Event 201. In…
Walking Coronavirus Pneumonia Can Spread the Disease
A study was published in the January 24, 2020 edition of Lancet Journal, A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a concerning family cluster study. Summary of the Study About the Wuhan or 2019 New Coronavirus Person to person transmission has been ongoing since December 29, 2019. People…
Taal Volcano Eruption: When The Lava Hits the Fan
On January 12, 2020, the Taal volcano erupted resulted in an ash cloud that is carried over several kilometers downwind. Based on ongoing observations, there is still a danger of an imminent and more significant eruption This article presents the effects of substantial volcanic eruptions on health care. Geophysical Problems of Volcanic Eruptions Earthquakes and…