<story><title>Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion</title><url>https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geraldalewis</author><text>The comments here are silly.&lt;p&gt;You can absolutely prioritize your risks, which means you’re not precluded from taking sensible precautions if you’re able to. This isn’t rock&amp;#x2F;paper&amp;#x2F;scissors. If you’re far enough away from the point of impact and the winds are right, Covid might be more of a threat than a nuclear bomb.&lt;p&gt;If you’re two states away from where a bomb goes off, and insist on open-mouth kissing strangers as they cough on you, that’s up to you. But also you can just throw on a mask and step a few feet back from folks and be a little safer.&lt;p&gt;Also, really bad scenarios can often stem from a couple of things going wrong all at once. So just be safe and use as much good judgment as the situation allows. And lean on easy, automatic, strategies to help you not compound issues.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwawaylinux</author><text>No, what&amp;#x27;s silly is filling people&amp;#x27;s heads with rubbish about COVID in case of a nuclear disaster or other acute emergency.&lt;p&gt;Hand sanitizer is absolutely not the right thing to be concerned with. Masks perhaps, but not for COVID.&lt;p&gt;Storing clean water, minimizing your perishable food waste, securing your house&amp;#x2F;shelter and making makeshift repairs to damage, using a radio (e.g., from your car) to listen for information, etc., keeping a basic first aid kit around and understand basic wound management, are all far more important.&lt;p&gt;Social distancing because of covid comes in at around number 32,238 of things to worry about.</text></comment>
<story><title>Updated rules on preparedness for nuclear explosion</title><url>https://www.ready.gov/nuclear-explosion</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>geraldalewis</author><text>The comments here are silly.&lt;p&gt;You can absolutely prioritize your risks, which means you’re not precluded from taking sensible precautions if you’re able to. This isn’t rock&amp;#x2F;paper&amp;#x2F;scissors. If you’re far enough away from the point of impact and the winds are right, Covid might be more of a threat than a nuclear bomb.&lt;p&gt;If you’re two states away from where a bomb goes off, and insist on open-mouth kissing strangers as they cough on you, that’s up to you. But also you can just throw on a mask and step a few feet back from folks and be a little safer.&lt;p&gt;Also, really bad scenarios can often stem from a couple of things going wrong all at once. So just be safe and use as much good judgment as the situation allows. And lean on easy, automatic, strategies to help you not compound issues.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jillesvangurp</author><text>Wearing a mask also seems sensible to keep the radioactive fallout out of your lungs and thanks to Covid, most people have masks on their person most of the time right now. If you survive the initial blast, fallout is the thing that you need to be weary off and radioactive dust is just nasty. Your concern right after that should be staying safe, cleaning up, and minimizing the risk off radiation sickness, cancer, etc. The article does a good job of giving you some simple hints here of what might be helpful here. The covid thing is just ass coverage, I guess. It&amp;#x27;s the modern equivalent of making sure the deck chairs are properly arranged on the Titanic. It&amp;#x27;s not going to be a primary concern for anyone right after a nuclear attack.</text></comment>