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...global health decisions have created quite as much commotion as that on April 29, when the World Health Organization (WHO), responding to the escalating spread of the H1N1 flu, raised its pandemic alert level for the first time to phase 5, meaning that a full pandemic was considered imminent. As of May 11, the WHO has reported more than 4,600 cases in 30 countries - including 2,600 cases in nearly every state in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - and the threat level remains at phase...
...plague. A novel flu virus exploded through Mexico last week, killing some 150, infecting hundreds more, and generating images of masked citizens and grim officials enumerating the latest toll. By April 29, the virus had spread to at least nine countries, leading health officials to raise the alert level and warn that a pandemic is imminent; the most recent influenza pandemic, in 1968, killed around a million people...
...stay the entire evening. As a result, some angry Currierites were left at the dock, unable to partake in the ball. Even on the boat, Currierites ran into less-than-pleasant circumstances: drizzly weather kept couples from canoodling on the dock, and the more scenic upper level (and bar) was strictly 21+, leaving less-than-legals cooped up in the cabin. And though lines were short and drinks were ample, upstairs was not much better. The drinking level had all the ambiance of a hotel conference room and a less-than-green policy of one drink...
...After the signing of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, Michael Sandel infamously voiced a challenging concern for any cap-and-trade scheme. In a New York Times op-ed, Dr. Sandel wrote that cap-and-trade policies at any level would “undermine the ethic we should be trying to foster on the environment.” Many of Sandel’s claims in the piece regarding the economic infeasibility of a cap-and-trade scheme are weak, but the argument that cap and trade could hinder the needed spirit of collective responsibility is no joke...
...It’s difficult to see greenhouse-gas emissions as sins, especially since they are beneficial to the environment under a certain level. Still, Father Mayer’s overall point about escaping direct responsibility for actions that cause collective harm (even if they also bring common benefits) is an important one. His concern is most relevant in considering the distribution of international burdens...