This was always the point of "duck and cover" ... it doesn't guarantee that you'll survive, but those that follow those simple instructions on the outskirts of targets could survive the initial attack unharmed (which boosts the overall probability of survival depending on the severity of the attack). It helps keep medical services less congested (though after a nuclear attack, they're going to be stretched thin regardless to say the least).
The UK had "Protect and Survive". What's cool is that the films they were supposed to run in the event nuclear war was likely to happen are on YouTube. They were produced in the late 1970s IIRC ... they have the eeriest jingle ever created in my worthless opinion :-) .
This was always the point of "duck and cover" ... it doesn't guarantee that you'll survive, but those that follow those simple instructions on the outskirts of targets could survive the initial attack unharmed (which boosts the overall probability of survival depending on the severity of the attack). It helps keep medical services less congested (though after a nuclear attack, they're going to be stretched thin regardless to say the least).
The UK had "Protect and Survive". What's cool is that the films they were supposed to run in the event nuclear war was likely to happen are on YouTube. They were produced in the late 1970s IIRC ... they have the eeriest jingle ever created in my worthless opinion :-) .