yes you need plans for possible disasters

 I usually support Dr. Campbell, and know about the world wide overreach with the covid epidemic that was used by some politicians to increase control of civliian populations.

But in this one I think he needs to both recognize how overreach doesn't mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater:

I added this to the comments:

After 911, there were worries about a rogue smallpox attack; Our government clinic got plans on how to isoate and do ring vaccinations if this happened. 

 When I read the plans, it was simllar to the public health plans when there was a cholera epidemic when I worked in Africa. 

 And although this UK Document Dr Campbell is citing is a civilian plan, it is similar to military documents about NBC attacks (nuclear biological chemical).

 Nothing new about it.  I did some training about this when I was in the US National Guard (the NatGuard are usually the first ones called up for local disasters)

The military has plans out there for all sorts of emergencies so that you don't have to start from scratch if somehting like this occurs: 

 In civilian life, we had periodic disaster drills on tirage, evacuation, mass casualty treatment etc. and our hospital's disaster drill was about a tornado. So I am glad the UK is aware of such things.

here are some links and suggestions for later reading if you are interested:

pdf manuals:

On how to handle mass casulties.

mass casualty triage

other military manuals out there (you can google for the links): 

 STANAG 2228 - Allied Joint Doctrine for Medical Support– AJP-4.10(C) 

STANAG 2087 – Forward Aeromedical Evacuation – AAMedP-1.5 

STANAG 2122 – Requirement for Training in Casualty Care and Basic Hygiene for all Military Personnel AMedP-8.15 

STANAG 2358 – CBRN First Aid Handbook – AMedP-7.2 

STANAG 2461 – The Medical Management of CBRN Casualties – AMedP-7.1 

STANAG 2542 - Allied Joint Medical Planning Doctrine AJMedP-1 

STANAG 2544 - Requirements for Military Acute Trauma Care Training – AMedP-8.1 and lots of pdfs of manuals here.

other manuals can be downloaded from here.

this is more than triage: You have to triage then send the sickest who have a chance to live to various hospitals so you don't overload the nearest hospital. For biological, you might have to shut down and vaccinate using the ring vaccination plans that helped stop a major Ebola epidemic in central Africa but got little pulicity in the USA.

Alas after the covid debacle, people might not trust authorities and might not obey such orders. 

Sigh.

and although here in the Philippines it seems that locals are the first responders, there are plans in place about how to respond to disaster.

Usually they call up the military to help first responders. And usually the Americans come in to help. Part of the Balikatan dual Phi/Am training exercizes are to train on how to work together for disasters, of which we have many. (floods, earthquakes, typhoons).

history of medicine: Childbirth in Heian Japan

 

In Tale of Genji, his wife dies of an eclamsic seizure, or perhaps a pulmonary emboli, a few days post partum. The description of Aoi and her early labor suggests Preeclampsia but after childbirth she seemed weak but healthy so Genji went back to work, and then she died a sudden death.

other diaries mention childbirth:

 in Sarashima diary, her sister died in childbirth.

On the moon-birth of the Rice-Sprout month my sister died after giving birth to a child. From childhood, even a stranger's death had touched my heart deeply. This time I lamented, filled with speechless pity and sorrow. While mother and the others were with the dead, I lay with the memory-awakening children one on either side of me. The moonlight found its way through the cracks of the roof [perhaps of their temporary dwelling] and illumined the face of the baby. The sight gave my heart so deep a pang that I covered its face with my sleeve, and drew the other child closer to my side, mothering the unfortunate.

and other diaries mention childbirth:

and in Murasaki's diary, there is a description of the empress having a baby.

All day long she lay ill at ease. Men cried at the top of their voices to scare away evil spirits. There assembled not only the priests who had been summoned here for these months, but also itinerant monks who were brought from every mountain and temple. Their prayers would reach to the Buddhas of the three worlds. All the soothsayers in the world were summoned. Eight million gods seemed to be listening with ears erect for their Shinto prayers. Messengers ran off to order sutra-reciting at various temples; thus the night was passed. On the east side of the screen [placed around the Queen's bed] there assembled the ladies of the Court. On the west side there were lying the Queen's substitutes possessed with [or who were enticing] the evil spirits.[17] Each was lying surrounded by a pair of folding screens. The joints of the screens were curtained and priests were appointed to cry sutras there. On the south side there sat in many rows abbots and other dignitaries of the priesthood, who prayed and swore till their voices grew hoarse, as if they were bringing down the living form of Fudo.[18] The space between the north room and the dais [on which was the Queen's bed] was very narrow, yet when I thought of it afterwards I counted more than forty persons who were standing there. They could not move at all, and grew so dizzy that they could remember nothing. The people [i.e. the ladies-in-waiting and maids-of-honour] now coming from home could not enter the main apartment at all. There was no place for their flowing robes and long sleeves. Certain older women wept secretly. Eleventh day. At dawn the north sliding doors were taken away to throw the two rooms together. The Queen was moved towards the veranda. As there was no time to hang misu, she was surrounded by kichō. The Reverend Gyocho and the other priests performed incantations. The Reverend Ingen recited the prayer written by the Lord Prime Minister on the previous day adding some grave vows of his own. His words were infinitely august and hopeful. The Prime Minister joining in the prayer, we felt more assured of a fortunate delivery. Yet there was still lingering anxiety which made us very sad, and many eyes were filled with tears. We said, "Tears are not suitable to this occasion," but we could not help crying. They said that Her Majesty suffered more because the rooms were too crowded, so the people were ordered to the south and east rooms. After this there remained in the Royal Apartment only the more important personages. The Prime Minister, Lady Sanuki, and Lady Saisho were within the [Royal] screen. The honoured priest of Ninna Temple and the court priest of Mii Temple were summoned within. The Prime Minister gave various commands, and his voice overpowered those of the priests. There were also Ladies Dainagon, Koshosho, Miya-no-Naishi, Nakatsukasa-no-Kimi, Tayu-no-Myobu, Daishikibu-no-Omoto, Tono-no-Senji—these last were venerable ladies of experience, but even they were bewildered with good reason. I am yet a novice, and I felt with all my heart that the occasion was serious. Also, in the place a little behind, outside the curtain, there were the nurses of the Princesses Naishi-no-Kami and Nakatsukasa, of the Queen's sister Shōnagon, and of her younger sister Koshikibu. These nurses forced their way into the narrow passage behind the two screens and there walked back and forth, so that none could pass that way. There were many other persons bustling about, but I could not distinguish them. The Prime Minister's son, Lieutenant-General Saisho, Major-General Masamichi of the Fourth Rank, not to speak of Lieutenant-General Tsunefusa, of the Left Bodyguard, and Miya-no-Tayu, who had not known Her Majesty familiarly, all looked over her screen for some time. They showed eyes swollen up with weeping [over her sufferings], forgetting the shame of it. On their heads rice[19] was scattered white as snow. Their rumpled clothes must have been unseemly, but we could only think of those things afterward. A part of the Queen's head was shaved.[20] I was greatly astonished and very sorry to see it, but she was delivered peacefully. The after-birth was delayed, and all priests crowded to the south balcony, under the eaves of the magnificent main building, while those on the bridge recited sutras more passionately, often kneeling.,,As the after-birth came, it was fearful to hear the jealously swearing voices of the evil spirits. Shinzo-Azari took charge of Lady Ben-no-Kurodo; Sōyo took charge of Hyoé-no-Kurodo; a priest Hojuji took charge of Ukon-no-Kurodo;[22] Chiso Azari took charge of Lady Miya-no-Naishi.,

 

the problem of cytokine storm solved?

 via Instapundit:

MedicalExpress:

Novel monoclonal antibody targets deadly sepsis by preventing 'cytokine storms'

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the University of Michigan have developed a monoclonal antibody to stop sepsis, a deadly full-body infection. The antibody also has the potential to treat a broad array of other inflammatory conditions, including autoimmune disorders, their research indicates.

,,,,Ma and his collaborators' new antibody, they hope, could become the first treatment that directly targets the underlying immune system dysregulation responsible for sepsis. It seeks to prevent the "cytokine storms" that made headlines in the pandemic, shutting down the body's hyperactive immune response before organ damage can occur.

very early research and now will go into reality i.e. clinical trials.

smile

 

frankenbunnies

from LegalInsurrection:

BREAKING; Experts Warn of Infected ‘Frankenstein’ Rabbits with Tentacles Invading the US.

These wild rabbits have been spotted hopping around with nightmarish facial growths across Fort Collins, Colorado. pic.twitter.com/QStFIQKNJz

— PulseX (@PulseX10) August 12, 2025

translation: Wart virus causing HUGE warts on the face of the bunnies.

a similar virus causes genital warts and cervical cancer that can kill women.

partly dead or really really dead

propaganda and the covid debacle