Re: ARTICLE: Fallout likely caused 15,000 deaths

[RuthWeiner@aol.com]

I am not questioning that post-traumatic stress syndrome exists.  However, actually being mugged and being in a battle in a war is far, far more frightening and stressful than hearing about TMI on the radio or reading it in the newspaper and never noticing any physical health consequence at all.  Even if the person fears cancer, the FEAR is likely to fade with the passage of time.  And what would trigger post-traumatic stress in someone who lived in Harrisburg when TMI happened?  A radio program?  A newspaper?  


I just do not think one can compare having lived in Harrisburg, PA, or even in the Chernobyl fallout, AND HAVING SUFFERED NO PHYSICAL HEALTH EFFECT AT ALL, with shell-shock, or battle stress, or being a crime victim.

Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

ruthweiner@aol.com