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Still, Pennington says there are lessons to be learned. He says the vaccine surplus in many cases can be ascribed in part to countries' own pre-existing pandemic-preparedness plans. Many such plans, which were put in place in the mid-2000s, were based on the worst-case-scenario assumption that the next pandemic virus would be some variation of the highly lethal H5N1 bird-flu virus, which has so far killed 263 people. The U.K.'s plan, for example, which was automatically enacted when the WHO declared the H1N1 pandemic, predicted between 50,000 and 750,000 deaths from...
...that his MLS combine performance (underwhelming by most accounts) had hurt him, but surely four years of dominance (including a stint with the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team) would take precedent in team evaluations, right? At least for one team, that seemed to be the case...
Kwaku’s versatility, however, could provide the Swiss native with a distinctive advantage. Nyamekye can play across the backline in multiple positions and the Crew may want to save a roster spot in case of an injury crisis...
...back to his case for standing pat. But there are several other criticisms of Bernanke, most of them unfair...
...true. Bernanke had no idea the financial system was in danger, and some of his comments look painfully ridiculous in retrospect. That said, he had a lot of company on the Clueless Express, and it's not clear how much his cluelessness drove the crisis. Bernanke makes a convincing case that the remarkably loose monetary policies he supported under his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, did not create the housing bubble; it's amusing to see longtime Greenspan fanboys like John McCain trashing Bernanke for insufficient foresight. And while the Fed should have provided stronger oversight, Bernanke is a much more aggressive...