President-elect Donald Trump offered “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski a shocking explanation Friday “Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass. And outlast them all.”
“People’s perceptions of how serious the health problems would be in the event of a nuclear war, however, vary surprisingly and must affect their attitudes toward the use of nuclear weapons. Therefore, understanding what the health
consequences of a nuclear war would be, as best we can know them, is very important for informed opinions and actions by citizens and by government….
Each successive study of the possible human destruction that would result from a nuclear war — — either a limited exchange (were that possible) or a total exchange of existing stockpiles — draws a grimmer conclusion about what the human costs would be. Instead of speculating that the casualties might amount to only a few tens of millions, recent studies have indicated that the casualties are likely to number a billion or more and even the survival of human beings on earth has been questioned.”
Special Report from The New England Journal of Medicine — New Perspectives on the Medical Consequences of Nuclear War
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