Could be more government waste floating to bureaucracies. like Homeland security totally unnecessary but they fund it so we can keep taking our shoes off flying around our country, the only ones in the world.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it has spent $290 million on a drug to treat radiation sickness in the event of a nuclear emergency.
The HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response announced in a Tuesday release that it bought the drug Nplate from Amgen USA Inc. “as part of long-standing, ongoing efforts to be better prepared to save lives following radiological and nuclear emergencies.”
Acute Radiation Syndrome, caused by exposure to a high dose of radiation, can cause a range of symptoms. Severe cases can wreak devastating effects on the body, including destruction of bone marrow and internal bleeding, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nplate, which can be used for both adults and children, is aimed at reducing the uncontrolled bleeding often caused by radiation.
The Food and Drug Administration first approved the drug in 2008 to combat an autoimmune disorder that caused serious bleeding and extended another approval in January of last year for use of the drug as a radiation sickness treatment.
The new purchase follows growing international concern over the potential use of nuclear weapons in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently threatened that his country would take every necessary action to claim victory and would not hesitate to deploy nuclear weapons.
Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv is readying evacuation centers with potassium iodine pills, which can help against radiation absorption, prepping for a potential nuclear attack on the city.
U.S. officials have asserted that Washington would take decisive action if Russia moves to use nuclear weapons and warned of heavy consequences for Putin.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres last month called for “the era of nuclear blackmail” and the global elimination of nuclear weapons in order to prevent “humanitarian Armageddon.”
Edit! I am watching Canadian Prepper's newest video right now and he is saying the US gov wanted to buy this from him. They want a lot - I had this so wrong. My memory really sucks. I'm sorry. They aren't asking him to sell this for them, they are wanting to buy it from him. Again, so sorry. I removed my original comment because I had it totally wrong.
When I saw that video I immediately thought that the government is trying to buy up the supply so that we plebes can't get it for ourselves. Ever since COVID and how they pulled NAC from the shelves and told us HCQ and Ivermectin do not work, I know they don't have our health us a priority.
Treatment is an injection per week, some people might
Need a higher amount (or subsequent weeks) depending on platelet count. Not supposed to exceed 10mcg per week.
//subsequent day job rant//
But those 100k doses won't stretch that far....
Amgen is changing their dose descriptor / billable service unit from 10mcg right now to 1mcg in 2025. I'm sure other Pedes in the HCI know what this means. Individual 'dose' cost goes down, but amount of 'doses' needed (and overall cost for treatment) increases.
Where is the Nplate being distributed? Allocated based on population size to each individual state CBRN/NBC protection & defense agencies? Haha sure.. It probably never made it beyond D.C. and it's still on pallets in a warehouse.
Could be more government waste floating to bureaucracies. like Homeland security totally unnecessary but they fund it so we can keep taking our shoes off flying around our country, the only ones in the world.
Prepare yourselves for anything. Everything. But do not fear. They feed off our fear like vampires.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3676691-us-purchases-290-million-of-drug-for-use-in-radiological-and-nuclear-emergencies/
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it has spent $290 million on a drug to treat radiation sickness in the event of a nuclear emergency.
The HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response announced in a Tuesday release that it bought the drug Nplate from Amgen USA Inc. “as part of long-standing, ongoing efforts to be better prepared to save lives following radiological and nuclear emergencies.”
Acute Radiation Syndrome, caused by exposure to a high dose of radiation, can cause a range of symptoms. Severe cases can wreak devastating effects on the body, including destruction of bone marrow and internal bleeding, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nplate, which can be used for both adults and children, is aimed at reducing the uncontrolled bleeding often caused by radiation.
The Food and Drug Administration first approved the drug in 2008 to combat an autoimmune disorder that caused serious bleeding and extended another approval in January of last year for use of the drug as a radiation sickness treatment.
The new purchase follows growing international concern over the potential use of nuclear weapons in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently threatened that his country would take every necessary action to claim victory and would not hesitate to deploy nuclear weapons.
Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv is readying evacuation centers with potassium iodine pills, which can help against radiation absorption, prepping for a potential nuclear attack on the city.
U.S. officials have asserted that Washington would take decisive action if Russia moves to use nuclear weapons and warned of heavy consequences for Putin.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres last month called for “the era of nuclear blackmail” and the global elimination of nuclear weapons in order to prevent “humanitarian Armageddon.”
So like…iodine? The stuff they’ve taken out of our salt in recent years?
Edit! I am watching Canadian Prepper's newest video right now and he is saying the US gov wanted to buy this from him. They want a lot - I had this so wrong. My memory really sucks. I'm sorry. They aren't asking him to sell this for them, they are wanting to buy it from him. Again, so sorry. I removed my original comment because I had it totally wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c2tMH4Qn1w&t=153s
When I saw that video I immediately thought that the government is trying to buy up the supply so that we plebes can't get it for ourselves. Ever since COVID and how they pulled NAC from the shelves and told us HCQ and Ivermectin do not work, I know they don't have our health us a priority.
Well, the article is from 2022, so I guess the author of the post wanted to suggest that the drugs are going to expire soon ;)
//day job handwave//
To be fair that stuff costs 2.5-3k per dose.
I'm guessing they bought 100,000 doses.
Treatment is an injection per week, some people might Need a higher amount (or subsequent weeks) depending on platelet count. Not supposed to exceed 10mcg per week.
//subsequent day job rant//
But those 100k doses won't stretch that far....
Amgen is changing their dose descriptor / billable service unit from 10mcg right now to 1mcg in 2025. I'm sure other Pedes in the HCI know what this means. Individual 'dose' cost goes down, but amount of 'doses' needed (and overall cost for treatment) increases.
Where is the Nplate being distributed? Allocated based on population size to each individual state CBRN/NBC protection & defense agencies? Haha sure.. It probably never made it beyond D.C. and it's still on pallets in a warehouse.
Smells fishy AF.
Anyone suspicious about a pill provided by the govt for everyone to take as a prophylactic in response to threat of an emergency that 'could happen'?
I remember this. It was shortly after they bought all those covid at home kits. I found it strange at the time but the story went away quick.
Maybe Those are “Party drugs”. They don’t want to be sober when that shit hits!
It's probably just more covid doses, and it will be just as effective against radiation as it is against covid.