DDP Newsletter Vol. XXXVIII, No. 6 World events are moving at a breakneck pace. The threat of nuclear weapons use is probably the highest it has been since the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. The crisis was resolved when Nikita Khrushchev promised that that work on the missile sites would be halted and that … Continue reading “Civil Defense vs. Lockdown 2.0”
As California and additional states contemplate banning the internal combustion engine (ICE), we need to watch what is happening in Florida, states DDP president Jane M. Orient, M.D. “Most Floridians have a car with an ICE,” she states, “and they had enough warning to fill their gas tank before they were ordered to evacuate.” Power … Continue reading “Hurricane Ian Has Lessons about Electric Vehicles”
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter – Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 A COVID-19 medical kit also needs to be a general medical kit, because after two years, we not only still have COVID, but worsening shortages of essential items owing to supply-chain breakdown—and of available medical personnel. Our May 2020, September 2020, and May 2021 issues … Continue reading “COVID Medical Kit”
DDP Newsletter Vol. XXXVII, No. 2 Biological warfare is one of the “really big threats,” as Lowell Wood pointed out at our 2002 annual meeting, “intelligently designed to destroy Western civil societies” (http://www.ddponline.org/wood02.pdf). The robust preparedness that he recommended was never implemented—despite the anthrax scare of September 2001. The expected scenario was of a rapidly … Continue reading “A Bioterrorist Attack?”
The 39th annual meeting of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness will be inTucson, AZ at the Doubletree Tucson – Reid Park, July 31 and August 1, 2021. Register for the meeting HERE Make your hotel reservation HERE Friday, July 30, 20219am to 3pm – Optional Tour to Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter (The tour is currently full, write ddp@ddponline.org … Continue reading “DDP 2021 – Speaker Lineup and Registration”
DDP Newsletter July 2019 Vol. XXXV, No. 4 As the number of parents who decline to follow the CDC’s “recommended” schedule of mandatory vaccines creeps upward, the pressure to remove exemptions is growing. More than 100 bills are being pushed in 30 states that would strip out religious, philosophical, and medical exemptions. California leads the … Continue reading “Vaccine Nation”
The 37th Annual Meeting of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness will be inTucson, Arizona at the Doubletree Reid Park Hotel, July 19-21, 2019. CLICK HERE to REGISTER TODAY Make Your Room Reservation HERE Our group room rate is $89/night. Room reservation deadline is June 19.Saturday and Sunday (July 20 & 21) will be two days full of presentations you won’t want to miss, … Continue reading “DDP 2019 – Agenda”
DDP Newsletter March 2018 Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 The body count from the “epidemic” of “opioid overdoses” is increasing, cutting U.S. life expectancy for the second year in a row (https://tinyurl.com/y9k2a8wz). Legislators are responding in a crisis atmosphere to cries to “do something.” Arizona legislators were pressured to vote 3 days after an emergency proposal … Continue reading “Opioid Wars”
Answer: No, mild carbonation of the oceans is beneficial to marine life. The “evil twin” of global warming is said to be ocean acidification, endangering coral reefs and harming lobsters, crabs, oysters, and other shell-making creatures. It is allegedly causing “osteoporosis of the sea,” a term coined by Jane Lubchenko, Administrator of the National Oceanographic … Continue reading “Climate Change IQ Question 9: Are human CO2 emissions acidifying the oceans and endangering shell-making animals?”
Answer: Mass starvation Through photosynthesis, plants convert CO2 and water into the food that supports all life on earth. The benefits to plants from increased atmospheric CO2 include: increased growth, more flowers and fruit, better water-use efficiency, and better resistance to environmental stressors such as plant pathogens, macro and micronutrient excesses or deficiencies, high soil … Continue reading “Climate Change IQ Question 5: What would happen if atmospheric CO2 concentration dropped by half, say to less than 200 ppm?”
