Obama Causing Panic?
There’s always someone who tries to make money from a disaster. And this time it’s following Japan’s tsunami, with the threat that Americans might be in danger of the nuclear fallout. This is likely due to the panic President Barack Obama and his top medical official raised which has led to Americans buying drugs for protection. Although Obama himself was given the assurance that “any harmful radiation from Japan will have dissipated before it reaches Hawaii or the US mainland.”
So why the panic? Because everyone likes to be prepared and according to US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, it is a good idea to buy radiation antidotes “as a precaution,” such as potassium iodine pills which is often able to protect the thyroid gland against cancer and radiation, reducing the amount of iodine the body can absorb.
Drug Suppliers Reap Benefits
So now drug companies are getting wise to how they can make some extra money. Although it seems a bit like black money. Indeed one drug supplier in America sold 250,000 anti-radiation pills since last Friday, ordering more medicines to meet increasing demand. Those who haven’t managed to buy them yet are spending extortionate amounts of money by purchasing them on line. It seems everyone is suffering from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, but drug companies are taking advantage of what happened.
Brits Try to Escape Too
Brits are now being warned to leave Tokyo and other areas in danger of radiation poisoning. The country’s Foreign Office is even considering putting on extra planes to ensure all Brits trapped in the country are able to leave on free “rescue flights.”
Asia, America, the whole world, has been affected by Japan’s tsunami. The question remains, what is one’s host country doing to help, first their own citizens, and second, those working on a recovery plan in Japan? As the situation changes daily, only time will tell which governments and administrations will really pull their fingers out. Let’s just hope that in the meantime, entrepreneurs work for the good of the people, rather than trying to exploit them.