More than 100 medical journals have issued an alert warning the world of the alarming and increasing potential for a world-ending nuclear conflict. The concerns are focused on states like Russia, which is dangerously amassing its doomsday arsenal, raising fears of a catastrophic nuclear war.
In a joint statement, the medical journals expressed grave concerns over the possibility of a large-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, which they say could result in the death of over 200 million people in the near term and potentially trigger a global “nuclear winter,” leading to the death of 5 to 6 billion people, posing an existential threat to humanity.
Even a so-called “limited” nuclear war involving a fraction of the world’s 13,000 nuclear weapons—only 250—could have catastrophic consequences. Such a scenario could lead to the immediate death of 120 million people and cause widespread global climate disruption, leading to a nuclear famine that puts 2 billion people at risk, the medical journals warned.
This warning comes in the aftermath of January’s move of the Doomsday Clock, now set at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to global catastrophe, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had also expressed concern last year, stating that the world was experiencing a level of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.
The medical journals have now decided to intervene in the geopolitical crisis, considering the threat to be an urgent public health priority. They emphasize the necessity of taking fundamental steps to address the root cause of the problem, calling for the abolishment of nuclear weapons. They draw inspiration from the efforts of medical science during the 1980s, under the leadership of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which played a significant role in ending the Cold War arms race through educating policymakers and the public about the medical consequences of nuclear war.
“The danger is great and growing. The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us,” the medical journals asserted.
The current crisis is largely fueled by Russia’s ongoing invasion and war with Ukraine, according to the Bulletin. Russia’s thinly veiled threats of using nuclear weapons have further heightened concerns about a potential escalation of the conflict, either unintentionally or intentionally.
Former Russian President and current deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, added to the fears by stating that the apocalypse was not just possible but quite likely, as reported by the Associated Press. The situation worsened when Russia moved short-range nuclear weapons into neighboring Belarus, with NATO yet to confirm the validity of the maneuver.
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“… the Doomsday Clock, now set at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to global catastrophe, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.”
despite the pseudo-scientific nomenclature, the “doomsday clock” is just a gimmick to express the feelings of an association devoted to a political cause. over the (many) years, it has been remarkably successful at creating media buzz.
I can see the headlines already: “World ending nuclear war – Black and Indigenous people hit hardest”
You think they want to risk killing themselves? This is what’s keeping countries back from an all out assault on other countries
This is MAD.
in hiroshima and nagasaki, there was no defence. so how could 100x the bombs today cause 1000x the casualties?
https://www.newsweek.com/how-many-people-died-hiroshima-nagasaki-japan-second-world-war-1522276
according to the GRA M’Vilna, מלחמת גוג ומגוג will last a total of 9 minutes.
I want to thank you all of our liberal and woke comrades for our “bright future”!
The USA Israel China Russia all have the ability to totally eliminate nuclear war maybe even Iran cause nukes can be exploded from satilites using lasers but they don’t want to accommodate or acknowledge this weaponry yet until after it happens
You heard that, everyone booking reservations at resorts for next Pesach?
RFK Jr will next say that nuclear weapons are designed by a secret Zionist cabal to spare Jews.
Shloimeboruch – The reason6 the casualty counts are higher is simple. Today’s nukes create blasts many times more powerful than the ones dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (15-20 kilotons vs 500 – 1200 kilotons). Additionally, they can be dropped by stealth bombers which can avoid early warning signals, or hypersonic missiles which cannot be shot down. Also, urban centers today tend to be more densely populated, and there are tens of thousands of nukes on the planet versus the handful in existence during WWII.
Worry about what’s within your control. This isn’t.
yisroel betach b hashem
And what research did they do to determine this? What experiments did they perform? Did they have footnotes on the efficiency and accuracy of each country’s weapons, including the effectiveness of anti-missiles against nuclear weapons (who much to everyone’s surprise have proven to be very effective in the Ukraine-Russia War).
Or is a politically motivated science fiction story pretending to be scholarly research (and probably supported by the Russians and Chinese in order to convince the US to stop interfering with their plans).