Counting dead people is terrible indicator of the extent of a catastrophe. Because one didn't die soon after the release of radiation doesn't mean that one wasn

Counting dead people is terrible indicator of the extent of a catastrophe. Because one didn't die soon after the release of radiation doesn't mean that one wasn't hardly impacted and has to suffer health issues. In the aftermath of Chernobyl, we were told official bullshit "don't worry we're safe, we're too far from Chernobyl". Turns out there was a radioactive cloud that know nothing about geopolitical borders and do not care about political stances. My uncle is a farmer, he worked shirtless in the fields at the very time that cloud was said to never have hit us, a bit later he developed an uncommon red blood cell disease which he had to take medication and live with his entire life. Medical advice says it is probable that exposure to radioactive dust caused or played a part in him getting this disease. It is impossible to prove any link, because the official version still is that the radioactive cloud didn't reach us so you can't get sick from a cloud that wasn't there. There's much more than just counting how many people died and giving ourselves a pat on the back because there was no reported death.