Trump’s tweets cause sales of anti-radiation drug to skyrocket
A Twitter battle over “nuclear button” sizes drove a flood of sales of a drug that protects against radiation poisoning.
by JoNel Aleccia — Kaiser Health News
Jan 11, 2018
3 minutes
A Twitter battle over the size of each “nuclear button” possessed by President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has spiked sales of a drug that protects against radiation poisoning.
Troy Jones, who runs the website www.nukepills.com, said demand for potassium iodide soared last week, after Trump tweeted that he had a “much bigger & more powerful” button than Kim — a statement that raised new fears about an escalating threat of nuclear war.
“On Jan. 2, I
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