I was watching 60 Minutes (its a habbit) and they reported on a drug that will, in essence, allow us to severly reduce the number of deaths cause by radiation exposure during a nuclear fallout.

The full article is here: Link-o but rather than read it all (its about 3 pages) I thought I'd sum it up here for you.

Hollis-Eden, a pretty small drug reseach company had (sorta unknowingly) discover a drug that would more or less be a treatment for radiation sickness after a nuclear attack of some sort. The Pentagon had been testing this (along with many, many) other drugs and found it to be pretty good. Right after 9/11, they contacted the company asking about.

Over the next few months/years whatever, bioresearch had certainly been given top priority. The president's new-ish program, eloquently named "Bio-shield," pretty much made a market for these types of drugs to be sold to.

So, of course, Hollis-Eden went public with this news and the news that the gov't was likely going to buy millions of batches of this drug. Share price went from 5 dollars to 35 dollars, everyone was happy.

Then the government comes out and states that they only plan to by about 100,000 doses of this drug. The department of health and human services states that they would use that and rely on evacuation and hospitals to do the rests.

Interestingly enough, seeing how we can't evacuate New Orleans, and that the top "blood doctor" in the nation said that his hospital, which only deals with blood treatment (which fallout would cause) could serve maybe a few dozen people tops, it does seem like enough.

So this small company is trying to stay alive, while the dept of health and human services comes out with a whole bunch of crappy answers.

Your thoughts on it all?

I love how you compleatly twisted the information. ATTENTION, YOU MUST READ THE ARTICLE

But I don't know what the thinking for buying only 100,000 is, and the reason I hate the Bush administration is because he is hiring all his old collage buddies.

Back up your claim. Where did I "twist the article"

It did not say what was best; it said that if a nuclear attack was to happen today, it would be treated in hospitals. They also said that the initial purchase was only a start. I don't understand the reasoning behind this but what's done is done.

Yeah, in the area that the fallout occured? What? No, that would require evac now wouldn't it?

Again, they stated that they planned to buy 100,000 doses. If they planned to buy more, the stock price wouldn't have fallen from 35 dollars a share to 5 dollars a share. But it did, because thats all they are saying.

So you don't question it? You merely accept it? Huh.

So, again, I ask you to back your claim that I, and I quote, "compleatly twisted the information. "

I'v stoped bothering to question the result and just question the Cause

Sad. But how have I totally twisted the article?

You sellected bits and pieces that fall in favor of a certain view. You didn't mention that the pentagon supports the drug, you didn't say that the 100,000 doses is in only a start. But I think thats it.

Now you are just lying. I stated: "the Pentagon had been testing this (along with many, many) other drugs and found it to be pretty good. "

I stated that they planned to buy 100,000 doses, a fact. I source the artcle for those to read. There is no need to lie about be "totally twisting the information."

Well judging from New Orleans & from the government's advice to use duct tape in a bio/chemical attack, I'm guessing my survival is absolutely no concern to my government in case of any disaster. They drilled us to duck under our desks in the 60's (leaving out to kiss our asses goodbye) in case of nuclear attack and haven't changed.

It seems now they are more like "Hold your breath" for chem attack. And "run and get treatment" for nuclear.