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Developing countries need to be clever about managing the doses they receive, for instance by immunizing front-line health workers, says Richard Coker of the Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Even so, he says, most developing countries will struggle to cope with even a mild pandemic. Indian doctors in Pune were overwhelmed earlier this month when, days after India reported its first fatality in the pandemic, thousands of people mobbed public hospitals in the hope of being tested. "We've looked at the pandemic preparedness plans in developing countries...
...somethings waved their hands in the air, fathers danced with daughters on their shoulders. It didn’t matter that we were too far away to hear the harmonies, or that few of the performers on stage belonged to the original, 1961 band. As we watched the Red Line shoot across the Salt-and-Pepper-Shaker Bridge, and other listeners reclined on boats near the shore, I felt like I was part of something: a community...
...Where to draw the line in the twenty-first century is by no means clear...
...while revelations about Schuler's final hours have led to many discussions about closeted drinking as well as where to draw the line between unwinding and alcoholism, not every mommy blogger is ready to swear off alcohol...
...crowds on the streets and the political élite who may be more willing to compromise. For the elders of the opposition (who continue to control important political fiefdoms in the regime), the demonstrations are a dramatic, but ultimately temporary, means of ratcheting up the pressure on their hard-line rivals. Indeed, both sides are chipping away at each other's coalitions and power bases, laying the groundwork for a compromise that will be acceptable to all - except, perhaps, to the radicalized, and still energized, youth on the streets of Tehran...