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What works better are social-distancing actions on a local level - closing schools, having employees work at home and limiting public gatherings, where the flu can spread easily. Such methods worked during the deadly 1918 Spanish flu - cities that acted quickly to close schools and theaters early in the pandemic had peak death rates 50% lower than cities that acted more slowly. Today doctors could also prophylactically administer antiviral drugs to the close contacts of any swine flu patients, a strategy that has been shown to help prevent the spread of the flu. "Until you start to see really massive...
Darden Restaurants Inc., a firm based in Orlando, Fla., that runs nearly 1,800 Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and other outlets, continues to dish out $100,000 in annual cash support to the local ballet, a 35-year-old outfit whose budget is under pressure. "Darden has been gold to us, absolute gold," gushes Sibille Pritchard, the Orlando Ballet's loquacious president, "when the climate for the arts is tough, very tough." Notes Darden spokesman Bob McAdam: "You can't give up on the arts. They're essential to the general welfare of the community...
...Times could spin off The Globe to a newly-created foundation chaired by local civic and business leaders. This would allow The Times to free itself from subsidizing The Globe's losses, and allow The Globe to both significantly reduce its tax liabilities and raise donations from readers. These improvements, on top of The Globe's existing advertising and subscription base, would let the paper avoid closure—and perhaps significant layoffs as well. And unlike for most papers, the actual conversion of The Globe to a non-profit would not cost money; after all, there are no owners...
...targeting students through a new e-mail list launched by student-run business Unofficial Tours. The e-mail list, which went live on Monday at www.harvardbargainblast.com, is a biweekly newsletter touting exclusive offers for Harvard students from businesses like the bar Tommy Doyle’s and the local hamburger chain b.good. As extra incentive to sign up, the first 100 people to subscribe will receive automatic gift certificates to b.good, burrito chain Qdoba, or the restaurant Grendel’s Den. All who sign up are entered to win prizes ranging from Red Sox tickets to an iPod touch...
...event that a case of the virus does arise on campus, Rosenthal said he is confident in UHS preparations. “The University had been working on an emergency plan for some time. We have a pandemic flu plan, a crisis team is in place, and local emergency authorities standing by,” he said. “We’ll just have to wait and see how it plays...