Doctors for Disaster Preparedness

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'''Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP)'''<ref>More accurately, "Doctors for Disaster Denial"</ref> is a somewhat curious [[denialism|denialist]] group associated with [[anti-environmentalism|anti-environmental]] forms of denialism (including [[DDT]] ban myths, [[ozone layer|ozone depletion denial]], [[global warming]] denial, and [[crank]] theories about [[radiation hormesis]]) and medical denialism ([[vaccine hysteria|vaccine denial]] and [[HIV denial]]).

They are associated with [[Arthur B. Robinson]]'s Oregon Institute for Science and Medicine, which distributes the [[Oregon Petition]] with its highly dubious claim to have identified 31,072 scientists who oppose the anthropogenic [[global warming]] consensus. DDP also seems to be another outlet for Robinson's brand of [[survivalism]], being more concerned about the specter of [[nuclear war]] and [[Duck and Cover|duck and cover]] drills than actual problems or disasters. Their mission is, in theory, to refute "fake" threats and help prepare for "real" ones. Thus, the possibility of {{wpl|WarGames|global thermonuclear warfare}}, vaccines, [[environmentalist]]s, and dirty [[hippie]]s — ''big threats'' to the existence of society. Global warming, ozone depletion, [[AIDS]], etc.? Not so much. Their "educational resources" also include links to such trustworthy sites as [[Steve Milloy|Junk Science]] and the [[Heartland Institute]].

Their address at ''1601 N. Tucson Blvd. Suite 9, Tucson, Arizona'' is shared with that of the [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] (and a pile of other charities), for whom [[Andrew Schlafly]] is general counsel. Andrew Schlafly was also a featured speaker at Doctors for Disaster Preparedness' July 2008 annual conference, where he spoke on "The Education of the World's Great Thinkers".<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=-256537304&page_url=//www.ddponline.org/2010speakerbios/&page_last_updated=2011-12-30T05:07:25&firstName=Howard&lastName=Maccabee Schlafly teaches worlds greatest thinkers shock!]</ref> If you must, an mp3 of the speech is on [http://www.archive.org/download/TheEducationOfTheWorldsGreatThinkers.AndrewSchlafly/08schlaflya.mp3 archive.org].

DDP also gives out an award called "The [[Petr Beckmann]] award for courage and achievement in defense of scientific truth and freedom." It has been awarded to such denialist luminaries as:
*[[Marc Morano]] (2010)<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnfOqj6rZNc4&ei=Hp1ZUt79CIf7kQeuzYDwAQ&usg=AFQjCNHGnU0mCKi4nhMN6g9GZSbP-AabLg&sig2=6o7YDyr-67cMm2GcpJ56FA&bvm=bv.53899372,d.eW0 2010 Beckmann award given to Marc Morano]</ref>
*[[S. Fred Singer]] (2007)<ref>[http://www.ddponline.org/2010speakerbios/ 2010 speaker bios]</ref>
*[[Willie Soon]] (2004)<ref>[http://www.ddponline.org/2010speakerbios/ 2010 speaker bios]</ref>
*[[Idso family|Sherwood Idso]] (2003)<ref>[http://www.co2science.org/articles/V6/N30/B.php On accepting an award.]</ref>
*[[S. Fred Singer]] (2000)<ref>[http://www.ddponline.org/ddpnews/ddpjul00.htm Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter] (July 2000) Vol. XVII, No. 4</ref>
*[[Sallie Baliunas]] (1997)<ref>[http://ynpxtpnb.apollohosting.com/ddponline.org/ddpnews/ddpjul97.html Sallie Baliunas receives Beckmann award]</ref>
*[[Arthur Robinson]] (1998)<ref>[http://ynpxtpnb.apollohosting.com/ddponline.org/speak02.htm 2002 DDP speaker bios]</ref>
*{{wpl|Robert Jastrow}}<ref>[http://www.ddponline.org/ddpnews/ddpjul00.htm Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter] (September 1996) Vol. XIII, No. 5</ref>
*Jane Orient (1995)<ref>[http://ynpxtpnb.apollohosting.com/ddponline.org/ddpnews/ddpsep95.html DDP Newsletter.] She is also [http://www.oism.org/s32p20.htm the president of DDP, an adviser to the OISM, and an executive director of AAPS,] so no conflict of interest there.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Global warming conspiracy theory]]
*[[Tom Bethell]]
*[[Jerome Corsi]]

==External links==
*[http://www.ddponline.org/ DDP homepage]

==References==
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[[Category:Global warming denialists]]
[[Category:Misnomers]]
[[Category:Pseudoscience promoting organizations]]
[[Category:Survivalism]]

Categories: Global warming denialists, Misnomers, Pseudoscience promoting organizations, Survivalism